What is CVE-2021-28123?

CVE-2021-28123 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cohesity Dataplatform, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-28123?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Cohesity Dataplatform

CVE-2021-28123

Undocumented Default Cryptographic Key Vulnerability in Cohesity DataPlatform version 6.3 prior 6.3.1g, 6.4 up to 6.4.1c and 6.5.1 through 6.5.1b. The ssh key can provide an attacker access to the linux system in the affected version.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cohesity Cohesity_dataplatform
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28123?: CVE-2021-28123 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cohesity Dataplatform, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-28123?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.