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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: Nov 10, 2022

CVE-2021-3493

High
EPSS 76.8%CISA KEV
Linux/Kernel

Description

The overlayfs stacking file system in Linux kernel does not properly validate the application of file capabilities against user namespaces, which could lead to privilege escalation.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

76.8%

Higher than 98.9% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7c03e2cda4a584cadc398e8f6641ca9988a39d52; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3493

Risk Assessment

HIGH
In CISA KEV
High EPSS

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
76.8%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Oct 20, 2022

Added to KEV

Oct 20, 2022

Remediation Due

Nov 10, 2022

Affected Product

Linux

Kernel

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