Is CVE-2021-2161 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-2161 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-2161?

CVE-2021-2161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-2161?

CVE-2021-2161 has an EPSS score of 3.13% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-2161?

Upgrade epolicy orchestrator to 5.10.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-2161

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u291, 8u281, 11.0.10, 16; Java SE Embedded: 8u281; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 19.3.5, 20.3.1.2 and 21.0.0.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. It can also be exploited by supplying untrusted data to APIs in the specified Component. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

How to fix

Remediation Available

epolicy orchestratorNVD

Affected:< 5.10.0Fixed in:5.10.0CVE-2021-2161derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

3.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

oracle.com

Third-Party Advisory6

Other references6

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.