CVE-2021-31272
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.17% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-06-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| serenityos | serenityos |
References
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3991
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3992
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713/commits/3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3991
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3992
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713/commits/3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c
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