CVE-2021-43979
MEDIUMDescription
Styra Open Policy Agent (OPA) Gatekeeper through 3.7.0 mishandles concurrency, sometimes resulting in incorrect access control. The data replication mechanism allows policies to access the Kubernetes cluster state. During data replication, OPA/Gatekeeper does not wait for the replication to finish before processing a request, which might cause inconsistencies between the replicated resources in OPA/Gatekeeper and the resources actually present in the cluster. Inconsistency can later be reflected in a policy bypass. NOTE: the vendor disagrees that this is a vulnerability, because Kubernetes states are only eventually consistent
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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| CVE-2020-9425 | High | 7.5 | 17% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-9946 | High | 7.5 | 3.1% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-32896 | High | 7.8 | 3.0% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2019-17192 | Critical | 9.8 | 2.7% | - | - |
| CVE-2026-38361 | High | 7.5 | 2.6% | - | - |
| CVE-2020-1914 | Critical | 9.8 | 2.5% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2021-43979?
No published fix for CVE-2021-43979 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2021-43979 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2021-43979 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2021-43979?
CVE-2021-43979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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