CVE-2021-38457
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-10-22
- Fixed in8.0.0
- WeaknessCWE-284 · CWE-306
Am I affected?
Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat sometimes backport a fix without changing the upstream version number: such a version reads « to verify », never « affected ».With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.
Description
The server permits communication without any authentication procedure, allowing the attacker to initiate a session with the server without providing any form of authentication.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-10-2212:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-38457?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-38457?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | < 8.0.0 | 8.0.0 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
AUVESY Versiondog
Versiondog: All versions prior to v8.0
Fix
- Update Auvesy versiondog to 8.0.0
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-292-01 · 1 productAUVESY recommends upgrading Versiondog to Version 8.1 or later (login required).
Advisories and patches
- us-cert.cisa.govPatch
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-10-22
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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