What is CVE-2021-45912?

CVE-2021-45912 is a high-severity vulnerability in Controlup Real-Time Agent, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-45912?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Controlup Real-Time Agent

CVE-2021-45912

An unauthenticated Named Pipe channel in Controlup Real-Time Agent (cuAgent.exe) before 8.5 potentially allows an attacker to run OS commands via the ProcessActionRequest WCF method.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2022-01-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Controlup Real-Time Agent

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

controlup.com (Product)
www.controlup.com/security/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45912?: CVE-2021-45912 is a high-severity vulnerability in Controlup Real-Time Agent, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-45912?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.