CVSS 3.1
4.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NCVE-2021-42009
Medium (4.3) in apache traffic control. EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/apache/trafficcontrol 5.1.3, 5.1.3+incompatible.
An authenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user with Portal-level privileges can send a request with a specially-crafted email subject to the /deliveryservices/request Traffic Ops endpoint to send an email, from the Traffic Ops server, with an arbitrary body to an arbitrary email address. Apache Traffic Control 5.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3 or 6.0.0. 4.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:traffic_control
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-gw97-f6h8-gm94 | Go | github.com/apache/trafficcontrol | <5.1.3 | 5.1.3 |
| GO-2022-0602 | Go | github.com/apache/trafficcontrol | <5.1.3+incompatible | 5.1.3+incompatible |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/12/1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r78d471d8a4fd268a4c5ae6c47327c09d9d4b4467c31da2c97422febb%40%3Cdev.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dfa9a89b39d06caeeeb7b5cdc41b3493a9b86cc6cfa059d3f349d87%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re384fd0f44c6d230f31376153c6e8b59e4a669f927c1533d06d702af%40%3Cdev.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf0481b9e38ece1ece458d3ce7b2d671df819e3555597f31fc34f084e%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E