The Sentinel Protection Installer 7.7.0 does not properly restrict loading Dynamic Link Library

published 2021-12-20 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-29765

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Access Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources (DLL) in Thales Sentinel Protection Installer could allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

thalesgroup sentinel_protection_installer 7.7.1

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Thales Sentinel Protection Installer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-913 Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources

References

cpl.thalesgroup.com /fr/software-monetization/security-updates
not-applicable

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-42809
NVD CVE-2021-42809

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Summary