CVE-2021-21488
Published: 09 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-21488 is a medium-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Knowledge Management. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-8761
Vulnerability details
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with basic privileges to deserialize user-controlled data without verification, leading to insecure deserialization which triggers the attacker’s code, therefore impacting Availability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing supplies malicious serialized objects, detecting unsafe deserialization and supporting corrective actions.
Evaluation of untrusted data handling (deserialization testing) reveals unsafe processing, which the required remediation process addresses.
Untrusted serialized data can be deserialized and observed inside the chamber, blocking gadget-chain exploitation outside the sandbox.
Validates or rejects untrusted serialized data before deserialization occurs.
Identifies and blocks malicious code introduced through deserialization of untrusted data at system boundaries.
Integrity verification of serialized information can detect tampering before deserialization occurs.
Provenance of associated data allows detection of untrusted sources before deserialization or processing occurs.