TI-2021-19909 Aliases CVE-2021-44216 GHSA-5m7r-g2vq-7pw6

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.15.5 and 3.18.x before 3.18.1 has Insecure…

LOW 25CWE-276Published 2022-03-07 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.15.5 and 3.18.x before 3.18.1 has Insecure Permissions that may allow unauthorized local users to access the Apache and Mission Portal log files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00362 30th 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

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:northern.tech:cfengine:::::enterprise:::*	before 3.15.5; 3.18.0 to before 3.18.1	Vulnerable	Northern.tech

cpe:2.3:a:northern.tech:cfengine:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions before 3.15.5; 3.18.0 to before 3.18.1 Vulnerable ·Northern.tech

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-44216
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m7r-g2vq-7pw6

References

Exploit 1

https://cfengine.com/blog/2022/cve-2021-44215-and-cve-2021-44216/

Advisory 1

https://northern.tech

TI-2026-19925 Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise and Community before 3.21.8, 3.24.3, and 3.27.0 allows Command injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
TI-2023-24483 Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.3 allows SQL Injection. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-11696 Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.1 allows a subset of authenticated users to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2026-19924 Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.8, 3.24.3, and 3.27.0 has Incorrect Access Control. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2021-14880 CFEngine Enterprise 3.15.0 through 3.15.4 has Missing SSL Certificate Validation. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2019-13997 Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.10.7, 3.11.x and 3.12.x before 3.12.3, 3.13.x… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

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Sources

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