CVE-2021-40146
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5.7% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the Any23 YAMLExtractor.java file and is known to affect Any23 versions < 2.5. RCE vulnerabilities allow a malicious actor to execute any code of their choice on a remote machine over LAN, WAN, or internet. RCE belongs to the broader class of arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerabilities.
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 | 5.69% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-09-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | any23 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/11/2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7c521ed85c7ae1bad4fdf95b459f2aaa8a67eae338636b7b7ec35d86%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/11/2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7c521ed85c7ae1bad4fdf95b459f2aaa8a67eae338636b7b7ec35d86%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
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