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CVE-2021-21670
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.0%, top 22% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 25(Track)EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 80%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 30, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (4)
- jenkinsci-cert@googlegroupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/30/1
- jenkinsci-cert@googlegroupshttps://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-06-30/#SECURITY-2278
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/30/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-06-30/#SECURITY-2278
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-21670(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2021:3820Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.15 packages and security update
- RHBA-2021:3396Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.44 packages update
- RHBA-2021:3033Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.24 packages update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | jenkins-0:2.289.3.1633554819-1.el8 | 2021-10-19 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-0:2.289.2.1629437819-1.el8 | 2021-09-08 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-0:2.289.2.1628252553-1.el8 | 2021-08-17 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core | 2.292 ... 2.299 (8 versions) | 2.300 | — |
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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