VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-35937

CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-08-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-59
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-367

Primary references