What is CVE-2021-37153?

CVE-2021-37153 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Forgerock Access Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-37153?

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

Vulnerability in Forgerock Access Management

CVE-2021-37153

ForgeRock Access Management (AM) before 7.0.2, when configured with Active Directory as the Identity Store, has an authentication-bypass issue.

Published 2021-08-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Forgerock Access Management

References

www.forgerock.com/platform/access-management (Product, Vendor Advisory)
backstage.forgerock.com/knowledge/kb/article/a55763454 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37153?: CVE-2021-37153 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Forgerock Access Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-37153?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.