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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20617

Improper access control vulnerability in acmailer ver.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 7.41%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Improper access control vulnerability in acmailer ver. 4.0.1 and earlier, and acmailer DB ver. 1.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute an arbitrary OS command, or gain an administrative privilege which may result in obtaining the sensitive information on the server via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
7.41% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
acmailer/acmailer · acmailer/acmailer db
Source
vultures@jpcert.or.jp
EPSS trend
0%5%10%26 October 2026: 7.41%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 7.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.