CVE-2021-42853

CRITICAL
Published Mar 10, 20224y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Mar 10, 2022 4y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent's (DSA) AgentDiagnosticServlet has directory traversal vulnerability at the "/api/appInternals/1.0/agent/diagnostic/logs" API. The affected endpoint does not have any input validation of the user's input that allows a malicious payload to be injected.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation Validation
CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
riverbedsteelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent*≥11.0.0  –  <11.8.8
riverbedsteelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent*≥12.0.0  –  <12.13.0
riverbedsteelcentral_appinternals_dynamic_sampling_agent10.0.0any

References 1

  • aternity.force.com https://aternity.force.com/customersuccess/s/article/Directory-Traversal-Delete-Read-at-AgentDiagnosticServlet-CVE-2021-42853
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.