CVSS 3.1
5.9 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2021-38542
Medium (5.9) in apache james. EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.apache.james:james-server 3.6.1.
Apache James prior to release 3.6.1 is vulnerable to a buffering attack relying on the use of the STARTTLS command. This can result in Man-in -the-middle command injection attacks, leading potentially to leakage of sensible information.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-327, CWE-77
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:james
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-84wg-rgp8-2hg4 | Maven | org.apache.james:james-server | <3.6.1 | 3.6.1 |