CVE-2021-21888

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

3.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 90.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2021-12-22 18:06Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 18:30Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-01-04

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0997b15efd6c77d2399713f6f5c65428e1f5fcd6374f931f4def0f54c11043b2

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1332x_refsource_MISC