CVE-2021-25322
python-HyperKitty: hyperkitty-permissions.sh used during %post allows local privilege escalation from hyperkitty user to root
02 Description
python-HyperKitty: hyperkitty-permissions.sh used during %post allows local privilege escalation from hyperkitty user to root
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
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.6% 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
- 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
- 2021-06-10 11:45Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- suse
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) FollowingCompound
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 89b8056466ba160c1785639079c9ff87a75729efa58a2c50e8ac071b74f45c17
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182373
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- hyperkitty 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
- hyperkitty 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
- hyperkitty No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- hyperkitty No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- hyperkitty No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- hyperkitty No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- hyperkitty 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.