ClosedPatched

Acclaim Systems USAHERDS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials

Acclaim Systems USAHERDS

Acclaim Systems USAHERDS contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution on the system that runs the application. The MachineKey must be obtained via a separate vulnerability or other channel. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-12-23. CVE-2021-44207 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Why this severity: CVSS 8.1 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Dec 23, 2024
Closed: Dec 23, 2024
CVE: CVE-2021-44207

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Updated Dec 23, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Dec 23, 2024
CISA added CVE-2021-44207 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2025-01-13)
Source

Advisories4

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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