CVE-2021-3178

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

2.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 84.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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

2021-01-19 06:44Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 16:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-01-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5fb48cef7989cd9f14ee51db7119e55628c9d7ff4e347cc2544ff32699199110

• patchwork.kernel.orghttps://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nfs/patch/20210111210129.GA11652%40fieldses.org/x_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=51b2ee7d006a736a9126e8111d1f24e4fd0afaa6x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-3bcc7198c8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5SGB7TNDVQEOJ7NVTGX56UWHDNQM5TRC/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2586-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST