{"cve":"CVE-2021-41316","nvd":{"published":"2021-09-17T15:15:07.957","modified":"2026-06-17T04:08:18.180","status":"Modified","description":"The Device42 Main Appliance before 17.05.01 does not sanitize user input in its Nmap Discovery utility. An attacker (with permissions to add or edit jobs run by this utility) can inject an extra argument to overwrite arbitrary files as the root user on the Remote Collector.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","score":8.1},"cwes":["CWE-88"],"references":["https://blog.device42.com/2021/09/critical-fixes-in-17-05-01/","https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/nmap-autodiscovery/","https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/remote-collector-rc/","https://blog.device42.com/2021/09/critical-fixes-in-17-05-01/","https://docs.device42.com/auto-discovery/nmap-autodiscovery/"],"products":["device42:device42"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:23:41.316049955+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-41316","score":0.01436,"percentile":0.73117,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}