CVE-2021-42096
4.3 MEDIUMGNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation
Published: 2021-10-21 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-307
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux, mailman |
| gnu | debian_linux, mailman |
Description
GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42096
- [Patch]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4
- [Patch]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639
- [Other]https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991
- [Patch]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4
- [Patch]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639
- [Other]https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991
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