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CVE-2021-45912

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An unauthenticated Named Pipe channel in Controlup Real-Time Agent (cuAgent.exe) before 8.5 potentially allows an attacker to run OS commands via the ProcessActionRequest WCF method.

Affected products

• Controlup Real-Time Agent: before 8.5 — fixed in 8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Controlup Real-Time Agent 8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://controlup.com
• https://www.controlup.com/security/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation/
• https://controlup.com
• https://www.controlup.com/security/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation/

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