An issue was discovered in Quagga through 1.2.4.
Priority LOW 35CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00786 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-44038
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h99v-fr29-7p28
References
More Quagga vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-03911 Memory corruption in Quagga bgpd CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2018-03912 Double free in Quagga bgpd CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-11946 The aspath_put function in bgpd/bgp_aspath.c in Quagga before 1.2.2 allows remote… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-03914 Infinite loop in Quagga bgpd CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-03515 All versions of Quagga, 0.93 through 1.1.0, are vulnerable to an unbounded memory… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-02105 The bgp_nlri_parse_vpnv4 function in bgp_mplsvpn.c in the VPNv4 NLRI parser in bgpd in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2021-44038 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-44038 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h99v-fr29-7p28 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-44038 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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