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CVE-2021-41500

7.5 highEPSS 1.2%

High (7.5). EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in cvxopt 1.2.7.

Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 67% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-697
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54PyPIcvxopt<1.2.71.2.7
PYSEC-2021-870PyPIcvxopt<1.2.71.2.7

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