{"cve":"CVE-2021-35937","nvd":{"published":"2022-08-25T20:15:09.243","modified":"2026-06-17T03:57:57.727","status":"Modified","description":"A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":6.4},"cwes":["CWE-367","CWE-59"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125","https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22","https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","redhat:enterprise_linux","rpm:rpm"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:35:14.992143698+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-35937","score":0.00325,"percentile":0.25585,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}