CVE-2021-25915

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

3.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 88.2% 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 2026-06-17.

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

2021-03-09 14:20Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-30 17:35Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-01-22

Assigning CNA

Mend

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')Variant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ed30ad6bd9491e9aed5e09d63a9886ac75f5faaa41a54d827f1e4bd34e94de9c

• www.whitesourcesoftware.comhttps://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25915x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/eugeneware/changeset/commit/9e588844edbb9993b32e7366cc799262b4447f99x_refsource_MISC