Is CVE-2021-43779 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-43779 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-43779?

CVE-2021-43779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-43779?

CVE-2021-43779 has an EPSS score of 9.13% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-43779?

Upgrade addressing to 2.9.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-43779

CRITICALEPSS 95th pctl

9.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

addressingNVD

Affected:< 2.9.1Fixed in:2.9.1CVE-2021-43779derived 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 ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

9.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit2

Other references1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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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 2025-09-08.