# CVE-2021-1728: System Center Operations Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit this vulnerability in System Center Operations Manager to elevate privileges on the affected server.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fc98-w582-pwcx

## What is CVE-2021-1728?

CVE-2021-1728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft System Center 2019 Operations Manager, published on 25 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

System Center Operations Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1728?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-1728?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1728 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-1728 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft System Center 2019 Operations Manager

- [CVE-2026-20967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20967/): System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-41352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41352/): SCOM Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-36043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36043/): Open Management Infrastructure Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-1331](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1331/): Cross-site scripting in System Center 2016 Operations Manager (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2015-2420](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2420/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-1728 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-1728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft System Center 2019 Operations Manager, published on 25 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft System Center 2019 Operations Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1728/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1728/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1728
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1728
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1728

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1728/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.