CVE-2021-21315

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-18. Federal remediation due 2022-02-01.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

90.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2021-02-16 17:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-12-22

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dbd6b5c55d0bf14c1dbcb5403a3fb4724a7ba98e35fbe4d8503ed97a1d4c505f

• www.npmjs.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/systeminformationx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8v-572m-ff2vx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/07daa05fb06f24f96297abaa30c2ace8bfd8b525x_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.org[cordova-issues] 20210224 [GitHub] [cordova-cli] iva2k opened a new issue #549: update systeminformation package to >=5.3.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8afea9a83ed568f2647cccc6d8d06126f9815715ddf9a4d479b26b05%40%3Cissues.cordova.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0007/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21315government-resource