CVE-2021-44038

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Quagga through 1.2.4. Unsafe chown/chmod operations in the suggested spec file allow users (with control of the non-root-owned directory /etc/quagga) to escalate their privileges to root upon package installation or update.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 19, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-44038: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix