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01 Record

CVE-2021-29492

Bypass of path matching rules using escaped slash characters

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Bypass of path matching rules using escaped slash characters

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
63.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.3 (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:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. 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
2021-05-28 21:00Z5 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 8.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
  • CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f69a00fd6121e1fc6f05ea236abacbd187f072dd3f88573d4f43a270d46f3044

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
envoyproxyenvoy<= 1.18.2—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • istio
    Fixed in 1.10.0-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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