CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2021-38469 — Many of the services used by the affected product do not specify full paths for the DLLs they are loading
Critical
CVSS 9.1
Many of the services used by the affected product do not specify full paths for the DLLs they are loading. An attacker can exploit the uncontrolled search path by implanting their own DLL near the affected product’s binaries, thus hijacking the loaded DLL.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.1 (3.1)
- Published
- 2021-10-22
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Affected products
- auvesy / versiondog
Matched remediation archetype
Supply-chain, dependency, build, and update integrity
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Check exposure
- Trace affected packages, source archives, build actions, plugins, installers, and updates from declared source to deployed artifact.
- Confirm provenance, signatures or digests, namespace ownership, lockfile resolution, registry configuration, and build-runner trust boundaries.
- Inventory direct, transitive, vendored, generated, and bundled copies across releases and distribution channels.
Remediate safely
- Move to a maintained trusted artifact or remove the dependency; pin immutable identities and verify provenance and integrity before use.
- Regenerate lockfiles and artifacts in a clean isolated build, minimize build credentials and network access, and produce an updated software bill of materials.
- Require reviewed update policy, protected publishing, and reproducible or independently attestable builds where supported.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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