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CVE-2021-35937

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.4 Published: 2022-08-25 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Enterprise LinuxFedoraproject FedoraRpm Rpm

Weakness Type

CWE-59, CWE-367

References