CVE-2021-40978

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.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

15.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 96.4% 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

2021-10-07 13:23Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-09-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

48143bace9995b07863e1f588e5868f8683f59cdc926b537b8a5ff7238f1fe67

• github.comhttps://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocsx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1x_refsource_MISC