CVE-2021-35937

MediumCVSS 6.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59 CWE-367

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 25, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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