CVE-2021-43523

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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

2021-11-10 14:03Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-05 16:46Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-11-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.6)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

71aee2abfd8e471e7e1a787fa0582abad625ffcc04fb28a9cd140dc68c17dbc5

• uclibc-ng.orghttps://uclibc-ng.org/x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/wbx-github/uclibc-ng/commit/0f822af0445e5348ce7b7bd8ce1204244f31d174x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/09/1x_refsource_MISC