CVE-2021-36940

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

4.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-10.

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

2021-08-12 18:12Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-10 15:10Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-07-19

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.6)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

914ba93ee2d7d814e3201f493c76e58fa7af358d466b8e586917e526e6b94100

• msrc.microsoft.comMicrosoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36940vendor-advisorypatch
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-36940x_refsource_MISC