CVE-2021-23369
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
02 Description
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 7.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.1% 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 2026-10-08.
- 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
- 2021-04-12 13:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-08 21:13Z20 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-08
- Assigning CNA
- snyk
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5f9be63afa8ffd27eccd8e67887f814f81ba5301075594f342ffdb6779d55ccb
05 Affected products
06 References
- snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HANDLEBARS-1056767
- snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1074950
- snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1074951
- snyk.iohttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1074952
- github.comhttps://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/commit/b6d3de7123eebba603e321f04afdbae608e8fea8
- github.comhttps://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/commit/f0589701698268578199be25285b2ebea1c1e427
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0008/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- node-handlebars Fixed in 3:4.7.6+~4.1.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- node-handlebars Fixed in 3:4.7.6+~4.1.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- node-handlebars Fixed in 3:4.7.6+~4.1.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- node-handlebars No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- node-handlebars No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- node-handlebars 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.