Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.1.2137.9 and Desktop Central MSP before 10.1.2137.9 allow attackers to bypass authentication, a…

published 2022-01-18 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-31572

cvss: 9.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 24.2%; EPSS 24.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 0; none known

Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central before 10.1.2137.9 and Desktop Central MSP before 10.1.2137.9 allow attackers to bypass authentication, and read sensitive information or upload an arbitrary ZIP archive to the server.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

zohocorp manageengine_desktop_central 10.1.2137.9
zohocorp manageengine_desktop_central_managed_service_providers 10.1.2137.9

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Exploit prediction

24.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.4	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

pitstop.manageengine.com /portal/en/community/topic/a-critical-security-patch-released-in-desktop-central-and-desktop-central-msp-for-c
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-44757
NVD CVE-2021-44757

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