CVE-2021-20232

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-03-12 18:25Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-14 10:04Z15 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2020-12-17

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0bd2e89d8f0b3c29770162dbcdc29823727dde30d10ae7c6ad27e025dceefac7

• www.gnutls.orghttps://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2021-03-10x_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922275x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-18bef34f05https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OSLAE6PP33A7VYRYMYMUVB3U6B26GZER/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210413 [jira] [Created] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f88bed447742fcc5c47bf1c7be965ef450131914a6e1f85feba2779%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210416-0005/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210417 [jira] [Commented] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd70a4c88a47a75fd2d5f3ffb7cee8c2a18c713320bd90fdcb57495f%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210423 [jira] [Resolved] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5d4001031e7790d8c6396c499522b4ed2aab782da87b1a14184793bb%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210425 [jira] [Commented] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9cbc69e57276413788e90a6ee16c7c034ea4258d31935b70db2bd158%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Commented] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd5273d72d244178441e6904a2f2b41a3268f569e8092ea0b3b2bb20%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Updated] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf5e1256d870193def4a82ad89ab95e63943a313b5ff0d81aa87e4532%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210429 [jira] [Commented] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r50661d6f0082709aad9a584431b59ec364f9974b63b07e0800230168%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[spark-issues] 20210430 [jira] [Commented] (SPARK-35054) Getting Critical Vulnerability CVE-2021-20231 on spark 3.0.0 branchhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ac143ba6dd98bd4bf6bf010d46e56e254056459721ba18822d611f7%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html