What is CVE-2021-36158?

CVE-2021-36158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alpinelinux Aports, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2021-36158?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Alpinelinux Aports

CVE-2021-36158

In the xrdp package (in branches through 3.14) for Alpine Linux, RDP sessions are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks because pre-generated RSA certificates and private keys are used.

EPSS: 0.003 (27.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Alpinelinux Aports
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36158?: CVE-2021-36158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alpinelinux Aports, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-36158?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.