CVE-2021-32648

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-18. Federal remediation due 2022-02-01.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

90.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.1 (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:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2021-08-26 19:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:25Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-05-12

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.2)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1428a3a3e18ec44e6c761461d230570b911663ef89e03db8ebc2cf800513ebc4

• github.comhttps://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rcx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-32648government-resource