CVE-2021-45389

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2021-45389 · Published 04/01/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-45389 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting command center (starwind), san&nas (starwind).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
command center starwind	`= 6864`	No fix yet
san&nas starwind	`= 1578`	No fix yet

Description

A flaw was found with the JWT token. A self-signed JWT token could be injected into the update manager and bypass the authentication process, thus could escalate privileges. This affects StarWind SAN and NAS build 1578 and StarWind Command Center build 6864.

References

starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20211215-0001
starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20211512-0001 · Vendor Advisory

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