Threats / ForgeRock / CVE-2021-35464
CVE-2021-35464
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
ForgeRock Access Management (AM) vulnerability
ForgeRock Access Management allows unauthenticated remote code execution via specially crafted HTTP requests to version endpoints, exploitable without authentication.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
An attacker can execute arbitrary code on ForgeRock AM systems by sending malicious requests to unprotected endpoints. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in ransomware campaigns and poses critical risk to organizations using affected versions.
CISA KEV Yes · 2021-11-033Ransomware use Flagged3EPSS 0.99999 (verify live)4Exploit Weaponized · public PoC5
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
587 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99999 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: ForgeRock, Access Management (AM). Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data — weakness family: Injection.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft an HTTP request targeting one of the exposed version endpoints to trigger unsafe deserialization.
Business
Attackers gain initial code execution capability on the authentication infrastructure, bypassing all access controls.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute commands in the context of the AM application user to establish persistence and move laterally.
Business
The compromise spreads across identity and access management systems, affecting all dependent applications and services.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I deploy ransomware payloads across the compromised infrastructure to encrypt critical systems.
Business
Operations halt as authentication systems become unavailable, preventing legitimate users from accessing any systems.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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