CVE-2021-42786: aternity steelcentral appinternals dynamic sampling agent Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-42786 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in aternity steelcentral appinternals dynamic sampling agent. EPSS estimates a 2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 09-03-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent (DSA) has Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in multiple instances of the API requests. The affected endpoints do not have any input validation of the user's input that allowed a malicious payload to be injected.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.09%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.09% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Aternity1 product
- steelcentral appinternals dynamic sampling agent≥ 10.0, < 11.0 | ≥ 12.13.0, < 12.13.0 | ≥ 11.8.8, < 11.8.8
Riverbed1 product
- steelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent≥ 11.0.0, < 11.8.8 | ≥ 12.0.0, < 12.13.0 | 10.0.0
2 vendors · 2 products