CVE-2021-39158
Dependency injection in NVCaffe
NVCaffe's python required dependencies list used to contain gfortranversion prior to 0.17.4, entry which does not exist in the repository pypi.org. An attacker could potentially have posted malicious files to pypi.org causing a user to install it within NVCaffe.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.8
Dependency injection in NVCaffe
NVCaffe's python required dependencies list used to contain gfortranversion prior to 0.17.4, entry which does not exist in the repository pypi.org. An attacker could potentially have posted malicious files to pypi.org causing a user to install it within NVCaffe.
- Record
CVE-2021-39158- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25569
8.8
NVCaffe's python required dependencies list used to contain gfortranversion prior to 0.17.4, entry which does not exist in the repository pypi.org. An attacker could potentially have posted malicious files to pypi.org causing a user to install it within NVCaffe.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25569- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
8.8
NVCaffe's python required dependencies list used to contain gfortranversion prior to 0.17.4, entry which does not exist in the repository pypi.org. An attacker could potentially have posted malicious files to pypi.org causing a user to install it within NVCaffe.
- Record
CVE-2021-39158- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-345
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.8
NVCaffe's python required dependencies list used to contain gfortranversion prior to 0.17.4, entry which does not exist in the repository pypi.org. An attacker could potentially have posted malicious files to pypi.org causing a user to install it within NVCaffe.
- Record
CVE-2021-39158- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-39158 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Nvidia Caffe, published August 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.