CVE-2021-41617
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2021-09-26 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2021-41617 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.0 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (openssh) | ELSA-2021-4782 | 2021-11-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (openssh) | ELSA-2021-9575 | 2021-12-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (openssh) | ELSA-2022-2013 | 2022-05-17 |
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