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01 Record

CVE-2021-22538

Privilege escalation in RBAC system

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Google
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

02 Description

Privilege escalation in RBAC system

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
0.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 53.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-03-31 21:10Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:44Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-05
Assigning CNA
Google
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
  • CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
cd91f8b32d6e2bc9a41f396f10359f8514b31313d30aabdbc520256dc68cf4ab

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Google LLCExposure Notifications Verification Serverstable to 0.23.0all

06 References