CVE-2021-42855

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

0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 12.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

2022-03-09 16:51Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 02:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-10-25

Assigning CNA

GovTech CSG

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

41036914b010d84ad5f0824d9e4a03295704949a69fc72f105567e0ccc49789e

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