What is CVE-2021-36157?

CVE-2021-36157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Cortex, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2021-36157?

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

Path Traversal in Linuxfoundation Cortex

CVE-2021-36157

An issue was discovered in Grafana Cortex through 1.9.0. The header value X-Scope-OrgID is used to construct file paths for rules files, and if crafted to conduct directory traversal such as ae ../../sensitive/path/in/deployment pathname…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.3th 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

Linuxfoundation Cortex
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36157?: CVE-2021-36157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Cortex, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2021-36157?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.