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CVE-2021-23890

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

Information leak vulnerability in the Agent Handler of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 10 allows an unauthenticated user to download McAfee product packages (specifically McAfee Agent) available in ePO repository and install them on their own machines to have it managed and then in turn get policy details from the ePO server. This can only happen when the ePO Agent Handler is installed in a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to service machines not connected to the network through a VPN.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
EPSS score
0.9% (59th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2021-10816)
Published
March 26, 2021
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2021-10816 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 3, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
  • mcafee / epolicy orchestrator

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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