CVE-2021-46960

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

0.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 50.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

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.

Published

2024-02-27 18:46Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 08:45Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-02-27

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-393Return of Wrong Status CodeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c6a422e843487217c648871c055682a4ca6df201e56cfe490104e5ad00d593a5

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94851629c49c65b4fbb29a5725ddfd7988f8f20
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e486f8397f3f14a7cadc166138141fdb14379a54
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93f3339b22ba17e66f0808737467b70ba087eaec
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa0faa5c28a91c362352d6b35dc3ed10df56fb0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f59a9242942fef0de7b926e438ba4eae65d4b4dd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b399c1a3ea0b9d10047ff266d65533df7f15532f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83728cbf366e334301091d5b808add468ab46b27