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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Apr 27, 2022

CVE-2021-3156

High
EPSS 92.3%CISA KEV
Sudo/Sudo

Description

Sudo contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows for privilege escalation.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

92.3%

Higher than 99.7% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3156

Risk Assessment

HIGH
In CISA KEV
High EPSS

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
92.3%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Apr 6, 2022

Added to KEV

Apr 6, 2022

Remediation Due

Apr 27, 2022

Affected Product

Sudo

Sudo

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