CVE-2021-36808
A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace...
A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace for Android before version 9.7.3115.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace for Android before version 9.7.3115.
- Record
CVE-2021-36808- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23384
A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace for Android before version 9.7.3115.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23384- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-62g4-rxq8-8m44 No score
A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace...
A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace for Android before version 9.7.3115.
- Record
GHSA-62g4-rxq8-8m44- Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-521
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A local attacker could bypass the app password using a race condition in Sophos Secure Workspace for Android before version 9.7.3115.
- Record
CVE-2021-36808- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | ctuIhu/CVE-2021-36808 | 2021-11-09 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-36808 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Sophos Secure Workspace For Android, published October 30, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.