CVE-2021-31797
The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is...
The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is susceptible to a local host race condition, leading to password disclosure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is susceptible to a local host race condition, leading to password disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2021-31797- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is susceptible to a local host race condition, leading to password disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2021-31797- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18678 No score
The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is susceptible to a local host race condition, leading to password disclosure.
- Record
EUVD-2021-18678- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r8wh-8j3r-h3qr
The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is...
The user identification mechanism used by CyberArk Credential Provider prior to 12.1 is susceptible to a local host race condition, leading to password disclosure.
- Record
GHSA-r8wh-8j3r-h3qr- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-326, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-31797 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Cyberark Credential Provider, published September 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
cyberark.com/resources/blog
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/2
korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2021-009.txt
packetstormsecurity.com/files/164033/CyberArk-Credential-Provider-Race-Condition-Authorization-Bypass.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31797
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r8wh-8j3r-h3qr