November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2021-35464 — ForgeRock Access Management (AM)
known ransomware use
ForgeRock Access Management (AM) Core Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2021-11-17- Vendor
- ForgeRock
- Product
- Access Management (AM)
- EPSS
- 100.0th percentile (score 0.944, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35464
CISA short description
ForgeRock Access Management (AM) Core Server allows an attacker who sends a specially crafted HTTP request to one of three endpoints (/ccversion/Version, /ccversion/Masthead, or /ccversion/ButtonFrame) to execute code in the context of the current user (unless ForgeRock AM is running as root user, which the vendor does not recommend).
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.