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CVE-2021-42786: Remote Code Execution at AgentControllerServlet

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

It was discovered that the SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent (DSA) has Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in multiple instances of the API requests. The affected endpoints do not have any input validation of the user's input that allowed a malicious payload to be injected.

Affected products

• Aternity SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent: from 11.0.0 before 11.8.8; from 12.0.0 before 12.13.0; 10.0.0 — fixed in 11.8.8, 12.13.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Aternity SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent 11.8.8, 12.13.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://aternity.force.com/customersuccess/s/article/Remote-Code-Execution-at-AgentControllerServlet-CVE-2021-42786
• https://aternity.force.com/customersuccess/s/article/Remote-Code-Execution-at-AgentControllerServlet-CVE-2021-42786

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