Automox Agent Guessable S3 Bucket Endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Automox Agent prior to version 31 uses an insufficiently protected S3 bucket endpoint for storing sensitive files, which could be brute-forced by an attacker to subvert an organization's security program. The issue has since been fixed in version 31 of the Automox Agent.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Automox Agent (Automox) Fixed in 30
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Automox Agent 30
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-08514 Automox Agent Sensitive Log Information DisclosurePriority LOW 16
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-26909
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q9rr-9m3c-3r79
References
More Automox vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19315 Automox Agent before 32 on Windows incorrectly sets permissions on a temporary directory. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-16545 The Automox Agent before 40 on Windows incorrectly sets permissions on key files. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-19314 Automox Agent 33 on Windows incorrectly sets permissions on a temporary directory. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-10779 Automox Agent for macOS before version 39 was vulnerable to a time-of-check/time-of-use… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2022-08188 Automox Agent prior to version 37 on Windows and Linux and Version 36 on OSX could allow… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2021-08514 Automox Agent Sensitive Log Information Disclosure CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-26909 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-26909 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q9rr-9m3c-3r79 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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