{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44028 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-44028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-44028 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-44028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44028 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44028/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-44028","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44028/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-44028","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6vh7-mxw3-7f49"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Quest KACE Desktop Authority","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can exploit an XML External Entity vulnerability in the log4net configuration to read sensitive data or execute code.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xxe"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"kace_desktop_authority","vendor":"quest"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-611","name":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference"}],"description":"XXE can occur in Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 because the log4net configuration file might be controlled by an attacker, a related issue to CVE-2018-1285.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"XML external entity in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-44028","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xxe","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-44029"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Roundcube Webmail SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-44026"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2021-12-22","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-44029","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-22"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"File upload in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-44031","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-22"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-44030","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-22"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2025-67813","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-01-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"An attacker can exploit an XML External Entity vulnerability in the log4net configuration to read sensitive data or execute code.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44028/"}