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TI-2021-06244 Aliases CVE-2021-23890GHSA-6gh5-794v-v6mc

McAfee ePO Information Leak vulnerability

Priority LOW 31CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00906 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) (McAfee,LLC): 5.10 CU 10

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
McAfeeMcAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)before 5.10 CU 105.10 CU 10Patch availableCNA
  • McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) VendorMcAfee Affected before 5.10 CU 10 Fixed in 5.10 CU 10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 11

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.9.1VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_1VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_2VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_3VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_4VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_5VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_6VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_7VulnerableMcAfee
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_8VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.9.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_2 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_3 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_4 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_5 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_6 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_7 Vulnerable ·McAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_8 Vulnerable ·McAfee
Show 1 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.0 update_9VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.10.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.0 update_9 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) (McAfee,LLC) Fixed in 5.10 CU 10

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.10 CU 10

    3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2021-06242 McAfee ePO unvalidated URL redirect vulnerabilityPriority LOW 29
    • TI-2021-06243 McAfee ePO Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilityPriority LOW 23
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23890
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6gh5-794v-v6mc

References

Other 1

  • TI-2020-10912 Infinite loop in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-04972 Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2021-06204 Integer overflow in CipherUpdate CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-12641 Incorrect Transfer-Encoding handling with HTTP/1.0 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-07593 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2021-02646 Read buffer overruns processing ASN.1 strings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
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