CVE-2021-40376

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

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/A:H

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

2022-03-07 03:41Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 02:44Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-09-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

43800e9b5433e022438429ab187888c909fdc3f3a028255d0fd7b4e9461b8634

• www.otris.comhttps://www.otris.comx_refsource_MISC
• www.tuv.comhttps://www.tuv.com/landingpage/en/vulnerability-disclosure/x_refsource_MISC
• www.tuv.comhttps://www.tuv.com/content-media-files/master-content/global-landingpages/images/vulnerability-disclosure/tuv-rheinland-security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-otris-update-manager.pdfx_refsource_MISC