CVE-2021-30116

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2021-11-17.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

85.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-14.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-07-09 00:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-14 03:55Z21 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2021-04-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

aa55259e3ebc4d202a41789135772caf1df210e4284ad2b466261687d29be8a3

• csirt.divd.nlhttps://csirt.divd.nl/2021/07/04/Kaseya-Case-Update-2/
• helpdesk.kaseya.comhttps://helpdesk.kaseya.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4403440684689-Important-Notice-July-2nd-2021
• csirt.divd.nlhttps://csirt.divd.nl/2021/07/07/Kaseya-Limited-Disclosure/
• www.secpod.comhttps://www.secpod.com/blog/kaseya-vsa-zero-day-by-revil/
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30116government-resource