CVE-2021-29468

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

1.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.0% 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:N/UI:R/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

2021-04-29 20:35Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 22:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-03-30

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8ba8a79135d7a61e12fafd11b1322986ccd253edb27b3302fb22b988133ff9cb

• github.comhttps://github.com/me-and/Cygwin-Git/security/advisories/GHSA-rmp3-wq55-f557x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/me-and/Cygwin-Git/blob/main/check-backslash-safety.patchx_refsource_MISC
• cygwin.comhttps://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2021-April/010018.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/git/CA+kUOa=juEdBMVr_gyTKjz7PkPt2DZHkXQyzcQmAWCsEHC_ssw%40mail.gmail.com/T/#ux_refsource_MISC