CVE-2021-40402

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• 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

1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 73.6% 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: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

2022-04-14 19:56Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 19:07Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-09-01

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional ConditionsClass
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b44f1a0bfb62df638f2dcfdd6e3f204680ba02f50dafa7d54e11336f221ab1d9

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1416x_refsource_MISC