CVE-2021-3709

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

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2021-10-01 02:35Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 23:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-16

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-538Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or DirectoryBase
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

506c6c8ad6723d59f4cc5549a1ff28a7ad1fe0ba4470b2b6424c260a41876e8c

• cve.mitre.orghttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3709x_refsource_MISC
• ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-1x_refsource_MISC
• ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5077-2x_refsource_MISC
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1934308x_refsource_MISC