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Vulnerability · CVE-2021-44207

Acclaim Systems USAHERDS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability

Published Dec 21, 2021 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Acclaim Systems USAHERDS

Patch now

CVE-2021-44207 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 13, 2025. Confirm Acclaim Systems USAHERDS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.1
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
17.58%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe acclaimsystems/usaherds · vendor 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.

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  • cpe acclaimsystems/usaherdsversion unspecified
  • vendor Acclaim Systems USAHERDSversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-44207

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-44207 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 13, 2025. Confirm Acclaim Systems USAHERDS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Please contact the product developer for support and vulnerability mitigation.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials. EPSS 17.58%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 21, 2021 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Dec 23, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Please contact the product developer for support and vulnerability mitigation.

  3. Jan 13, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Please contact the product developer for support and vulnerability mitigation.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-44207

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-44207

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-44207

    30-day exploitation probability 17.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-44207

    Acclaim USAHERDS through 7.4.0.1 uses hard-coded credentials.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-44207

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.