CVE-2021-44207 — Acclaim Systems USAHERDS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability

CVE-2021-44207 (Acclaim Systems USAHERDS) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2024-12-23. Acclaim Systems USAHERDS contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to… See the required fix, due date and advisories.

Exploitation status

CVE-2021-44207 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2024-12-23. Acclaim Systems USAHERDS contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution on the system that runs the application. The MachineKey must be obtained via a separate vulnerability or other channel.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
Acclaim Systems
Affected product
USAHERDS
Added to CISA KEV
2024-12-23
US federal remediation due date
2025-01-13
Ransomware association
Unknown
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-798

Remediation: the required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Please contact the product developer for support and vulnerability mitigation.

Wording published by CISA for this catalog entry. It is the baseline action, not a decision about your environment: whether this exposure matters for you depends on where the affected component runs, what it is exposed to and who owns it.

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