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CVE-2021-42257

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.38%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-10-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2021-42257
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0.38%

Original NVD Description

check_smart before 6.9.1 allows unintended drive access by an unprivileged user because it only checks for a substring match of a device path (the /dev/bus substring and a number), aka an unanchored regular expression.