CVE-2021-44153: Reprisesoftware Reprise License Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Reprise RLM 14.2. When editing the license file, it is possible for an admin user to enable an option to run arbitrary executables, as demonstrated by an ISV demo "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe" entry. An attacker can exploit this to run a malicious binary on startup, or when triggering the Reread/Restart Servers function on the webserver. (Exploitation does not require CVE-2018-15573, because the license file is meant to be changed in the application.)

Affected products

• Reprisesoftware Reprise License Manager: from 14.2, before 17.0 (fixed in 17.0)

Published 2021-12-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.