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CVE-2021-44038

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.76% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-11-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

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-2021-44038
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.76%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in Quagga through 1.2.4. Unsafe chown/chmod operations in the suggested spec file allow users (with control of the non-root-owned directory /etc/quagga) to escalate their privileges to root upon package installation or update.