CVE-2021-42561

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

19.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.1% 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.

Published

2022-01-12 18:52Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 03:38Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-10-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c7d9e0faf349de95dcff972796db76a477dc2637d03fa696145279b491c91fbb

• github.comhttps://github.com/mitre/caldera/releasesx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42561-Command%20Injection%20Via%20the%20Human%20Plugin-MITRE%20Calderax_refsource_MISC