CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-40084

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2021-08-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-08-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-94

Description

opensysusers through 0.6 does not safely use eval on files in sysusers.d that may contain shell metacharacters. For example, it allows command execution via a crafted GECOS field whereas systemd-sysusers (a program with the same specification) does not do that.

Affected configurations

• artixlinux opensysusers (<= 0.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References