CVE-2021-43779
Remote Command Execution vulnerability
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Remote Command Execution vulnerability
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.
- Record
CVE-2021-43779- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-30684
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.
- Record
EUVD-2021-30684- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.
- Record
CVE-2021-43779- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.
- Record
CVE-2021-43779- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-43779
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-43779- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-04
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-43779 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Pluginsglpi Addressing, published January 5, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.13%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/pluginsGLPI/addressing/security/advisories/GHSA-q5fp-xpr8-77jh
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-43779
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43779