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CVE-2021-26708

7.0 · HIGH

A local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13.

Published Feb 5, 2021CWE-667EPSS 1.60%

Overview

CVE-2021-26708 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 5, 2021 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

A local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13. Multiple race conditions in the AF_VSOCK implementation are caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The race conditions were implicitly introduced in the commits that added VSOCK multi-transport support.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/05/6Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/09/2Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/14Refcdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.13Refgit.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c518adafa39f37858697ac9309c6cf1805581446Refsecurity.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0008/Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/5Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/05/6Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/09/2Refwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/14

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-26708?

CVE-2021-26708 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 5, 2021 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2021-26708?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2021-26708?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2021-26708?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2021-26708 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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