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CVE-2021-44515

9.8, critical Known exploited

Zoho Desktop Central Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
100% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
12 Dec 20214 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 10 Dec 2021. US federal agencies had to remediate by 24 Dec 2021, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central is vulnerable to authentication bypass, leading to remote code execution on the server, as exploited in the wild in December 2021. For Enterprise builds 10.1.2127.17 and earlier, upgrade to 10.1.2127.18. For Enterprise builds 10.1.2128.0 through 10.1.2137.2, upgrade to 10.1.2137.3. For MSP builds 10.1.2127.17 and earlier, upgrade to 10.1.2127.18. For MSP builds 10.1.2128.0 through 10.1.2137.2, upgrade to 10.1.2137.3.

Details

Vendor
Zoho
Product
Manageengine Desktop Central
Weakness
n/a
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

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

References 4

Exploit code 1

Advisories 2

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Zoho CVEs

Every Zoho CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2022-47966 Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2022-35405 Zoho ManageEngine Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2022-28810 Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 71% 6.8, medium
  • CVE-2021-44077 Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 93% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2021-40539 Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 99% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2021-37415 Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Authentication Bypass Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2020-10189 Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central File Upload Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2019-8394 Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus (SDP) File Upload Vulnerability KEV EPSS 63% 6.5, medium

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.