CVE-2021-40084

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

opensysusers through 0.6 does not safely use eval on files in sysusers.d that may contain shell metacharacters. For example, it allows command execution via a crafted GECOS field whereas systemd-sysusers (a program with the same specification) does not do that.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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