Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-29083

HighRCE

Published: 01 April 2021

Published
01 April 2021
Modified
14 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0089 76.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-29083 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Synology Diskstation Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 23.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command in SYNO.Core.Network.PPPoE in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.2.3-25426-3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via realname parameter.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

synology
diskstation manager
≤ 6.2.3-25426-3

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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