CVE-2021-44515
Actively exploited. CVE-2021-44515 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-12-10) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2021-44515 is indexed in Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
Zoho Desktop Central contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the Desktop Central MSP server.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Zoho Desktop Central has an authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Zoho Desktop Central.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and high severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security updates from Zoho.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2021-44515 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-44515: Zoho Desktop Central Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-12-10
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