What is CVE-2021-45389?

CVE-2021-45389 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Starwind Command Center, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-45389?

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

Auth bypass in Starwind Command Center

CVE-2021-45389

A flaw was found with the JWT token. A self-signed JWT token could be injected into the update manager and bypass the authentication process, thus could escalate privileges. This affects StarWind SAN and NAS build 1578 and StarWind Command Center build 6864.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th 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

Starwind Command_center — versions 6864
Starwind San\&nas — versions 1578
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45389?: CVE-2021-45389 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Starwind Command Center, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-45389?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.