CVE-2021-45389 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting StarWind SAN and NAS build 1578 and StarWind Command Center build 6864. An attacker can inject a self-signed JWT token into the update manager, bypassing authentication and escalating privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6864CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:starwind:command_center:6864:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1578CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:starwind:san\&nas:1578:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.