CVE-2021-40856

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

50.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.8% 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

2021-12-13 03:20Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 02:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-09-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-706Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or ReferenceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f4ae9aa82f2aad839503af328384c86b884ccdbd5ea2233159fa0585d215b436

• www.redteam-pentesting.dehttps://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analysesx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165162/Auerswald-COMfortel-1400-2600-3600-IP-2.8F-Authentication-Bypass.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.redteam-pentesting.dehttps://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2021-004/-auerswald-comfortel-1400-2600-3600-ip-authentication-bypassx_refsource_MISC