Unquoted service path vulnerability in the Gallagher Controller Service allows an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code as the accoun…

published 2021-11-18 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-10303

cvss: 5.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

Unquoted service path vulnerability in the Gallagher Controller Service allows an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code as the account that runs the Controller Service. This issue affects: Gallagher Command Centre 8.50 versions prior to 8.50.2048 (MR3) ;

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Gallagher Command Centre 8.50.2048 (MR3)

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Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Gallagher Command Centre

Classification

Weakness

CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

security.gallagher.com /Security-Advisories/CVE-2021-23197
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-23197
NVD CVE-2021-23197

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