What is CVE-2021-41387?

CVE-2021-41387 is a high-severity vulnerability in Seatd Project, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2021-41387?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Seatd Project

CVE-2021-41387

seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.2 allows privilege escalation because it uses execlp and may be installed setuid root.

Published 2021-09-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Seatd Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

lists.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd-announce/<GJ2IZQ.HCKS1J0LSI803@kl.wtf> (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41387?: CVE-2021-41387 is a high-severity vulnerability in Seatd Project, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-41387?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.