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CVE-2021-23386

HIGH · CVSS 7.7 EPSS 1.43% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.7. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

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-2021-23386
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.7
EPSS
1.43%

Original NVD Description

This affects the package dns-packet before 5.2.2. It creates buffers with allocUnsafe and does not always fill them before forming network packets. This can expose internal application memory over unencrypted network when querying crafted invalid domain names.