Is CVE-2021-31579 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-31579 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-31579?

CVE-2021-31579 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-31579?

CVE-2021-31579 has an EPSS score of 1.28% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-31579?

Upgrade ova appliance to 3.0 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-31579

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Akkadian Provisioning Manager Engine (PME) ships with a hard-coded credential, akkadianuser:haakkadianpassword. This issue was resolved in Akkadian OVA appliance version 3.0 (and later), Akkadian Provisioning Manager 5.0.2 (and later), and Akkadian Appliance Manager 3.3.0.314-4a349e0 (and later).

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

ova applianceNVD

Affected:< 3.0Fixed in:3.0CVE-2021-31579derived from NVD

provisioning managerNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 5.0.2Fixed in:5.0.2CVE-2021-31579derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

rapid7.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2022-26138	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-3272	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-30406	Critical	9.0	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-28987	Critical	9.1	93%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-15976	Critical	9.8	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.