CVE-2021-20998

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 65.7% 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 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2021-05-13 13:45Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 00:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-12-17

Assigning CNA

CERTVDE

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

390152bc31bf9bda01b2157c505e8f06ee44364826a2c3eb792cc740ab325462

• cert.vde.comhttps://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2021-013x_refsource_CONFIRM