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CVE-2021-38562

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-10-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. 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-2021-38562
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.71%

Original NVD Description

Best Practical Request Tracker (RT) 4.2 before 4.2.17, 4.4 before 4.4.5, and 5.0 before 5.0.2 allows sensitive information disclosure via a timing attack against lib/RT/REST2/Middleware/Auth.pm.

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