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CVE-2021-21335

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 1.66% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-03-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2021-21335
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
1.66%
Nginx

Original NVD Description

In the SPNEGO HTTP Authentication Module for nginx (spnego-http-auth-nginx-module) before version 1.1.1 basic Authentication can be bypassed using a malformed username. This affects users of spnego-http-auth-nginx-module that have enabled basic authentication. This is fixed in version 1.1.1 of spnego-http-auth-nginx-module. As a workaround, one may disable basic authentication.