An incomplete permission check on entries in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager before 2021.2.16 allows attackers to bypass permissions via…

published 2021-10-18 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-29084

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 0; none known

An incomplete permission check on entries in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager before 2021.2.16 allows attackers to bypass permissions via batch custom PowerShell.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

devolutions remote_desktop_manager 2021.2.16

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Exploit prediction

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

devolutions.net
vendor-advisory
devolutions.net /security/advisories/DEVO-2021-0006
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-42098
NVD CVE-2021-42098

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