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TI-2021-19356 Aliases CVE-2021-43414GHSA-gr2r-2j89-7xww

An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9.

Priority LOW 31CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. The use of an authentication protocol in the proc server is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, which can be exploited for local privilege escalation to get full root access.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00293 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:hurd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.9.20210404-9VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:hurd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.9.20210404-9 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43414
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gr2r-2j89-7xww

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • TI-2021-19355 An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-19353 An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-19354 An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

Sources

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