What is CVE-2021-41395?

CVE-2021-41395 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Goteleport Teleport. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-41395?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Goteleport Teleport

CVE-2021-41395

Teleport before 6.2.12 and 7.x before 7.1.1 allows attackers to control a database connection string, in some situations, via a crafted database name or username.

Published 2021-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.6% 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

Goteleport Teleport

References

github.com/gravitational/teleport/releases/tag/v6.2.12 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
github.com/gravitational/teleport/releases/tag/v7.1.1 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41395?: CVE-2021-41395 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Goteleport Teleport. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-41395?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.