CVE-2021-41072

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

2.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2021-09-14 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-09-14

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
• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b2c788e630ae2438b77319feb68e080d05362868d73671c1880ff4ece32417b2

• github.comhttps://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/commit/e0485802ec72996c20026da320650d8362f555bd
• github.comhttps://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/issues/72#issuecomment-913833405
• www.debian.orgDSA-4987https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4987vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211020 [SECURITY] [DLA 2789-1] squashfs-tools security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00017.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-29https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-29vendor-advisory