# CVE-2021-27188: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can suspend victim account access for five hours by triggering account lockout via repeated invalid login attempts.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j3fp-7gvj-993v

## What is CVE-2021-27188?

CVE-2021-27188 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Sovremennye Delovye Tekhnologii FX Aggregator terminal client 1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (access suspended for five hours) by making five invalid login attempts to a victim's account.

Weakness: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27188?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xn--B1agzlht Fx Aggregator Terminal Client.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-27188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-27188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/jet-pentest/CVE-2021-27188 (github_poc): https://github.com/jet-pentest/CVE-2021-27188

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-27187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27187/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-27188 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2021-27188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27188/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.