CVE-2021-41617

HIGHNVD 7.07.0
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Elevated

Also known asEUVD-2021-28630 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 2.5%CVSS: 7.0Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user.

CVSS v3
7.0
EG Score
7.0HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
48
EG Risk 48/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity70% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.0 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
2.5%
EPSS %ILE
85th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.0 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.0 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
2.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-09). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 26, 2021

Last Modified

November 10, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 14, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 8.8 released

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/26/1
Web page

OpenSSH: Security

https://www.openssh.com/security.html
Web page

[SECURITY] [DSA 5586-1] openssh security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: openssh-8.7p1-2.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W44V2PFQH5YLRN6ZJTVRKAD7CU6CYYET/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: openssh-8.4p1-8.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVI7RWM2JLNMWTOFK6BDUSGNOIPZYPUT/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: openssh-8.6p1-5.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XJIONMHMKZDTMH6BQR5TNLF2WDCGWED/
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 3694-1] openssh security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html
Web page

1190975 – (CVE-2021-41617) VUL-0: CVE-2021-41617: openssh-openssl1,openssh: privilege escalation when AuthorizedKeysCommand/AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand are configured

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190975

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntussh-askpass-gnome (1:9.3p1-1ubuntu3.2) @ mantic2026-10-28ubuntu
ubuntuopenssh-sftp-server (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2) @ xenial2026-10-28ubuntu
redhatopenssh-0:8.0p1-13.el82022-05-10redhat
redhatopenssh-0:7.4p1-22.el7_92021-11-23redhat

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

(19 across 19 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.1_p1-r1: fixed in 8.1_p1-r1
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.3_p1-r3: fixed in 8.3_p1-r3
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.4_p1-r4: fixed in 8.4_p1-r4
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.6_p1-r3: fixed in 8.6_p1-r3
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Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • 6.2 up to 8.8_p1-r0: fixed in 8.8_p1-r0
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Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh1:7.9p1-10, 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u1, 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2, 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u3
  • every version up to 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4: fixed in 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u4
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh1:8.4p1-5, 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u1, 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u2
  • every version up to 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3: fixed in 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u3
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • every version up to 1:8.7p1-1: fixed in 1:8.7p1-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • every version up to 1:8.7p1-1: fixed in 1:8.7p1-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssh—
  • every version up to 1:8.7p1-1: fixed in 1:8.7p1-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 292 rows on record for this CVE, as 98 entries (2 repeats merged).

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 2 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 192 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-12 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
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  4. 2026-11-10 13:27 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-11-10 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  6. 2026-11-10 12:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-10 12:30 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-10 12:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
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  16. 2026-11-04 00:14 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-04 00:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  18. 2026-11-03 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
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  25. 2026-10-28 07:27 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-28 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  2. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
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  11. 2026-10-21 08:58 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-21 08:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  13. 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
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  21. 2026-10-14 12:26 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-14 12:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  23. 2026-10-14 11:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  24. 2026-10-14 11:56 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-14 11:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  26. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
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  33. 2026-10-08 22:28 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-08 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  35. 2026-10-08 21:32 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  36. 2026-10-08 21:32 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-08 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
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  68. 2026-09-08 09:56 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-08 09:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mxh4-p4w6-g844 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • GitHub PoCAdnanApriliyansyahh/CVE-2021-41617
    Published Sep 2, 2025
    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-41617?
CVE-2021-41617 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 26, 2021. sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-41617 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-41617 was published on September 26, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 10, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-41617 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-41617 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (85th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-41617?
CVE-2021-41617 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-41617?
A fix for CVE-2021-41617 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-41617 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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