ACTIVELY EXPLOITED

CVE-2021-44207: Acclaim Systems USAHERDS Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability

Facts
VendorAcclaim Systems
ProductUSAHERDS
Actively exploitedYes
Added to CISA KEV23 Dec 2024
CISA federal deadline13 Jan 2025
Weakness (CWE)CWE-798

Required action (CISA's text)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Please contact the product developer for support and vulnerability mitigation.

Description (NVD)

Acclaim Systems USAHERDS contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution on the system that runs the application. The MachineKey must be obtained via a separate vulnerability or other channel.

SOURCES

Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 10 Nov 2026.