CVE-2021-36090

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.
• 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

12.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2021-07-13 07:15Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:03Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2021-07-01

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-130Improper Handling of Length Parameter InconsistencyBase
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

79b99d17124c83f7d8a18d64712426d366f6b270e2631718e46de35da0a6817c

• commons.apache.orghttps://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/security-reports.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4134026d7d7b053d4f9f2205531122732405012c8804fd850a9b26f%40%3Cuser.commons.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210713 CVE-2021-36090: Apache Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[announce] 20210713 CVE-2021-36090: Apache Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a23d4dbf4e34d498664080bff59f2893b855eb16dae33e4aa92fa53%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[ant-user] 20210713 CVE-2021-36374: Apache Ant ZIP, and ZIP based, archive denial of service vulerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdd5412a5b9a25aed2a02c3317052d38a97128314d50bc1ed36e81d38%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[announce] 20210713 CVE-2021-36374: Apache Ant ZIP, and ZIP based, archive denial of service vulerabilityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e87177f8e78b4ee453cd4d3d8f4ddec6f10d2c27707dd71e12cafc9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210713 CVE-2021-36374: Apache Ant ZIP, and ZIP based, archive denial of service vulerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[james-notifications] 20210714 [GitHub] [james-project] chibenwa opened a new pull request #537: [UPGRADE] Security upgrade: common-compress to 1.21https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5fa2ee61828fa2e42361b58468717e84902dd71c4aea8dc0b865df7%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20210716 [GitHub] [pulsar] lhotari opened a new pull request #11345: [Security] Upgrade commons-compress to 1.21https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb064d705fdfa44b5dae4c366b369ef6597951083196321773b983e71%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[druid-commits] 20210726 [GitHub] [druid] suneet-s opened a new pull request #11496: Address CVE-2021-35515 CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f4d7940371a7c7c5b679f50e28fc7fcc82cd00670ced87e013ac88%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[druid-commits] 20210726 [GitHub] [druid] suneet-s merged pull request #11496: Address CVE-2021-35515 CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rab292091eadd1ecc63c516e9541a7f241091cf2e652b8185a6059945%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[druid-commits] 20210726 [druid] branch master updated: Address CVE-2021-35515 CVE-2021-36090 (#11496)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe91c512c5385181149ab087b6c909825d34299f5c491c6482a2ed57%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[skywalking-notifications] 20210802 [GitHub] [skywalking] wu-sheng opened a new pull request #7400: Fix CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4332baaf6debd03d60deb7ec93bee49e5fdbe958cb6800dff7fb00e%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[skywalking-notifications] 20210802 [skywalking] 01/01: Fix CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb7adf3e55359819e77230b4586521e5c6874ce5ed93384bdc14d6aee%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[skywalking-notifications] 20210803 [skywalking] branch master updated: Fix CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090 (#7400)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfba19167efc785ad3561e7ef29f340d65ac8f0d897aed00e0731e742%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[skywalking-notifications] 20210803 [GitHub] [skywalking] hanahmily merged pull request #7400: Fix CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rba65ed5ddb0586f5b12598f55ec7db3633e7b7fede60466367fbf86a%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[skywalking-notifications] 20210803 [GitHub] [skywalking] codecov[bot] edited a comment on pull request #7400: Fix CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f54c0caa462267e0cc68b49f141e91432b36b23348d18c65bd0d040%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[skywalking-notifications] 20210802 [GitHub] [skywalking] codecov[bot] commented on pull request #7400: Fix CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/racd0c0381c8404f298b226cd9db2eaae965b14c9c568224aa3f437ae%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[skywalking-notifications] 20210802 [GitHub] [skywalking] codecov[bot] edited a comment on pull request #7400: Fix CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb6e1fa80d34e5ada45f72655d84bfd90db0ca44ef19236a49198c88c%40%3Cnotifications.skywalking.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-dev] 20210803 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7981) Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc7df4c2f0bbe2028a1498a46d322c91184f7a369e3e4c57d9518cacf%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-issues] 20210803 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7981) Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf3f0a09fee197168a813966c5816157f6c600a47313a0d6813148ea6%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-dev] 20210804 [GitHub] [drill] luocooong opened a new pull request #2285: Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbbf42642c3e4167788a7c13763d192ee049604d099681f765385d99d%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-commits] 20210804 [drill] branch master updated: Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54049b66afbca766b6763c7531e9fe7a20293a112bcb65462a134949%40%3Ccommits.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-dev] 20210804 [GitHub] [drill] luocooong merged pull request #2285: DRILL-7981: Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f03c5de923e3f2a8c316248681258125140514ef3307bfe1538e1ab%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-issues] 20210804 [jira] [Commented] (DRILL-7981) Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf93b6bb267580e01deb7f3696f7eaca00a290c66189a658cf7230a1a%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-dev] 20210805 [GitHub] [drill] luocooong merged pull request #2285: DRILL-7981: Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r25f4c44616045085bc3cf901bb7e68e445eee53d1966fc08998fc456%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[drill-issues] 20210805 [jira] [Commented] (DRILL-7981) Bump commons-compress from 1.20 to 1.21 for CVE-2021-36090https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3227b1287e5bd8db6523b862c22676b046ad8f4fc96433225f46a2bd%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20210811 [GitHub] [tomcat-jakartaee-migration] ebourg commented on issue #23: Vulnerability with Apache Commons Compress v1.20https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75ffc7a461e7e7ae77690fa75bd47bb71365c732e0fbcc44da4f8ff5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[poi-dev] 20210923 Re: [VOTE] Apache POI 5.1.0 release (RC1)https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67ef3c07fe3b8c1b02d48012149d280ad6da8e4cec253b527520fb2b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlx_refsource_MISC
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• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
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