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CVE-2021-21703

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.34%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-10-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2021-21703
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.34%

Original NVD Description

In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x below 8.0.12, when running PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower-privileged users, it is possible for the child processes to access memory shared with the main process and write to it, modifying it in a way that would cause the root process to conduct invalid memory reads and writes, which can be used to escalate privileges from local unprivileged user to the root user.

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