CVE-2021-40525

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

3.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 90.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.1 (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:H/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

2022-01-04 08:55Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 02:44Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-09-06

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

15a6937a7a6e0d0c497a4c008def173f0614c89d1441f47f032ab68ab0f445d1

• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220104 CVE-2021-40525: Apache James: Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attackshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/04/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220207 CVE-2022-22931: Path traversal in Apache Jameshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/07/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST