Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Policy Suite - CVE-2021-40119
Published: November 4, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57955
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40119
CWE-ID: CWE-321
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the re-use of static SSH keys across installations. A remote attacker can extract a key from a system under their control and log in to an affected system as the root user.
Affected software
Policy Suite
How to mitigate CVE-2021-40119
Install updates from vendor's website.
Policy Suite - addressed in versions 20.2.1, 21.1.0, 22.1.0