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CVE-2021-31272

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal...

9.8 Critical

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.17%Up 1.4 points since Jun 19, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.

Record
CVE-2021-31272
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.

Record
CVE-2021-31272
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18184 No score

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.

Record
EUVD-2021-18184
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fvpj-8g2h-49g9 No score

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal...

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.

Record
GHSA-fvpj-8g2h-49g9
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-31272 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Serenityos, published June 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.17%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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