What is CVE-2021-35246?

CVE-2021-35246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Engineer's Toolset, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-35246?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Solarwinds Engineer's Toolset

CVE-2021-35246

The application fails to prevent users from connecting to it over unencrypted connections. An attacker able to modify a legitimate user's network traffic could bypass the application's use of SSL/TLS encryption and use the application as a platform for attacks against its users.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Solarwinds Engineer's Toolset — versions 2022.3 and previous versions
Solarwinds Engineer\'s_toolset — versions 2020.2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

psirt@solarwinds.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@solarwinds.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@solarwinds.com (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-35246?: CVE-2021-35246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Engineer's Toolset, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-35246?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.