CVE-2021-21284
privilege escalation in Moby
02 Description
privilege escalation in Moby
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-02-02 17:55Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 18:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-22
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4d1a09697fb3517ac4f851b1ea70af81f6562a0ac803807ee6cccbc639e141b0
05 Affected products
06 References
- docs.docker.comhttps://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/#20103
- github.comhttps://github.com/moby/moby/releases/tag/v20.10.3
- github.comhttps://github.com/moby/moby/releases/tag/v19.03.15
- github.comhttps://github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-7452-xqpj-6rpc
- github.comhttps://github.com/moby/moby/commit/64bd4485b3a66a597c02c95f5776395e540b2c7c
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0005/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4865https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4865
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202107-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-23
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- docker Fixed in 1:20.10.3-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- docker.io Fixed in 20.10.3+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- docker.io Fixed in 20.10.3+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- docker.io Fixed in 20.10.3+dfsg1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- docker.io Fixed in 20.10.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- docker.io Fixed in 20.10.7-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- docker.io No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.