What is CVE-2021-38372?

CVE-2021-38372 is a low-severity vulnerability in KDE Trojita, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2021-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-38372?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

RCE in KDE Trojita

CVE-2021-38372

In KDE Trojita 0.7, man-in-the-middle attackers can create new folders because untagged responses from an IMAP server are accepted before STARTTLS.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2021-08-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

KDE Trojita — versions 0.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

nostarttls.secvuln.info (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38372?: CVE-2021-38372 is a low-severity vulnerability in KDE Trojita, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2021-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-38372?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.