CVE-2021-42109

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

1.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 76.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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: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.

Published

2021-10-08 17:45Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 03:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-10-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure DefaultBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

886469613b3f0c1c9a2e4ef8c2f7d3e3feef68312ba0f97b9b3eddc4bcfc99d4

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