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01 Record

CVE-2021-42550

RCE from attacker with configuration edit priviledges through JNDI lookup

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: NCSC.ch
CNA base score6.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

RCE from attacker with configuration edit priviledges through JNDI lookup

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
4.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/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
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.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-12-16 00:00Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 03:38Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-10-15
Assigning CNA
NCSC.ch
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
7d5ad7447c96a783ad8e539493f5448ae62cc54bffa061aa35650d9d2ebce879

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
QOS.chlogback< 1.2.9, < 1.3.0-alpha11—

06 References

07 Remediation

upgrade to >=1.2.9 or >=1.3.0-alpha11

08 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • logback
    Fixed in 1:1.2.8-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • logback
    Fixed in 1:1.2.8-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • logback
    Fixed in 1:1.2.8-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • logback
    Fixed in 1:1.1.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • logback
    Fixed in 1:1.2.3-2ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • logback
    Fixed in 1:1.2.3-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.