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CVE-2021-20269

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.25%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-03-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-20269
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.25%

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.