CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2021-41617
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
2.54%
Original NVD Description
sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user.
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