01 Record
CVE-2021-42072
An issue was discovered in Barrier before 2.4.0. The barriers component (aka the server-side implementation of Barrier) does not sufficiently verify the identify of connecting clients. Clients can
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Barrier before 2.4.0. The barriers component (aka the server-side implementation of Barrier) does not sufficiently verify the identify of connecting clients. Clients can
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-11-08 03:44Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 03:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-10-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 88016d164cda27ce5960347237e7a2b5d11ff7f66558133b84bb60119b82dc46
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20211102 Barrier "software KVM switch" multiple remote security issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/02/4
- github.comhttps://github.com/debauchee/barrier/releases/tag/v2.4.0
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-3dc519f073https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMU3STOKHPEZSC54MZ42YBFFC2R3BU2Q/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-09c1a5bab8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CIEVNCFEFO7L3NTM4VUZB3WKYYCBTFCI/