CVE-2021-29428

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.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 45.2% 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 2026-10-08.

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.

Published

2021-04-13 17:55Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:24Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2021-03-30

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-378Creation of Temporary File With Insecure PermissionsBase
• CWE-379Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure PermissionsBase
• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

689253c3c6be6d067dc3629dae036650cfe37e7b3a24df3f10efd880072113b4

• docs.gradle.orghttps://docs.gradle.org/7.0/release-notes.html#security-advisoriesx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/gradle/gradle/security/advisories/GHSA-89qm-pxvm-p336x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/15654x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/15240x_refsource_MISC