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Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2021-34993

CommCell

Commvault / CommCell · 11.22.22

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Severity
CVSS 9.8 · Critical
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
5.4%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2021-34993 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Commvault CommCell. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Commvault CommCell 11.22.22....

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Commvault / CommCell 11.22.22.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

CommCell

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Commvault CommCell 11.22.22. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the CVSearchService service.

The issue results from the lack of proper validation prior to authentication. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-13706.

Commvault Affected
CommCell
11.22.22
Published
13 Jan 2022
Exploitation Reported
01 Oct 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.

Exploited in the wild

The Shadowserver

Recorded 01 Oct 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
The Shadowserver First 2025-10-01 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.0

9.8 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

5.4%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Authentication CWE-287

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 00:00 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  2. 21:44 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

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Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2021-34993",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.05424,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}