TI-2021-07550 Aliases CVE-2021-25311 GHSA-h7mc-jr2r-m38g

condor_credd in HTCondor before 8.9.11 allows Directory Traversal outside the…

MEDIUM 48CWE-22Published 2021-01-27 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

condor_credd in HTCondor before 8.9.11 allows Directory Traversal outside the SEC_CREDENTIAL_DIRECTORY_OAUTH directory, as demonstrated by creating a file under /etc that will later be executed by root.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03202 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wisc:htcondor::::::::	8.9.7 to before 8.9.11	Vulnerable	wisc

cpe:2.3:a:wisc:htcondor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.9.7 to before 8.9.11 Vulnerable ·wisc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25311
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h7mc-jr2r-m38g

References

Advisory 1

https://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/security/vulnerabilities/HTCONDOR-2021-0002.html

TI-2019-13559 HTCondor up to and including stable series 8.8.6 and development series 8.9.4 has… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-06741 The scheduler in HTCondor before 8.2.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2012-03018 The (1) my_popenv_impl and (2) my_spawnv functions in src/condor_utils/my_popen.cpp and… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-09574 An issue was discovered in HTCondor 8.8.x before 8.8.16, 9.0.x before 9.0.10, and 9.1.x… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-20434 An issue was discovered in HTCondor 9.0.x before 9.0.4 and 9.1.x before 9.1.2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-07551 HTCondor before 8.9.11 allows a user to submit a job as another user on the system… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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