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CVE-2021-36795

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2021-08-06 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A permission issue in the Cohesity Linux agent may allow privilege escalation in version 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1. An underprivileged linux user, if certain environment criteria are met, can gain additional privileges.

Affected Platforms

Cohesity Linux Agent

Weakness Type

CWE-276

References