Vulnerability in Red Hat Coreos-Installer

CVE-2021-3917

A flaw was found in the coreos-installer, where it writes the Ignition config to the target system with world-readable access permissions. This flaw allows a local attacker to have read access to potentially sensitive data. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3917?
CVE-2021-3917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Coreos-Installer, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-3917?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.