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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-43035 json

An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5.

published 2021-12-06 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-29989

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Kaseya Unitrends Backup Appliance before 10.5.5. Two unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerabilities were discovered, allowing arbitrary SQL queries to be injected and executed under the postgres superuser account. Remote code execution was possible, leading to full access to the postgres user account.

Patch / fix

  • kaseya unitrends_backup 10.5.5

Exploit prediction

3.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • cyberonesecurity.com https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • cyberonesecurity.com https://www.cyberonesecurity.com/blog/exploiting-kaseya-unitrends-backup-appliance-part-2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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