{"id":"CVE-2021-41037","aliases":["EUVD-2021-28190","GHSA-99r4-wvv3-fpr3"],"status":"published","title":"In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the...","description":"In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the local machine via touchpoints during installation. Those touchpoints can, for example, alter the command-line used to start the application, injecting things like agent or other settings that usually require particular attention in term of security. Although p2 has built-in strategies to ensure artifacts are signed and then to help establish trust, there is no such strategy for the metadata part that does configure such touchpoints. As a result, it's possible to install a unit that will run malicious code during installation without user receiving any warning about this installation step being risky when coming from untrusted source.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00868,"percentile":0.59224,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-829"],"published":"2022-07-08T03:50:37Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:07:47Z","products":[{"vendor":"eclipse","product":"equinox_p2"},{"vendor":"the eclipse foundation","product":"eclipse equinox p2"}],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=577029","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2/issues/235","tags":["patch","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41037"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99r4-wvv3-fpr3"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-41037","description":"In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the local machine via touchpoints during installation. Those touchpoints can, for example, alter the command-line used to start the application, injecting things like agent or other settings that usually require particular attention in term of security. Although p2 has built-in strategies to ensure artifacts are signed and then to help establish trust, there is no such strategy for the metadata part that does configure such touchpoints. As a result, it's possible to install a unit that will run malicious code during installation without user receiving any warning about this installation step being risky when coming from untrusted source.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-08T03:50:37Z","modified":"2024-08-04T02:59:30.336Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-829"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:59.430294Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-28190","description":"In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the local machine via touchpoints during installation. Those touchpoints can, for example, alter the command-line used to start the application, injecting things like agent or other settings that usually require particular attention in term of security. Although p2 has built-in strategies to ensure artifacts are signed and then to help establish trust, there is no such strategy for the metadata part that does configure such touchpoints. As a result, it's possible to install a unit that will run malicious code during installation without user receiving any warning about this installation step being risky when coming from untrusted source.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-08T03:50:37Z","modified":"2024-08-04T02:59:30Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:24:19.242491Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-99r4-wvv3-fpr3","title":"In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the...","description":"In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the local machine via touchpoints during installation. Those touchpoints can, for example, alter the command-line used to start the application, injecting things like agent or other settings that usually require particular attention in term of security. Although p2 has built-in strategies to ensure artifacts are signed and then to help establish trust, there is no such strategy for the metadata part that does configure such touchpoints. As a result, it's possible to install a unit that will run malicious code during installation without user receiving any warning about this installation step being risky when coming from untrusted source.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-09T00:00:25Z","modified":"2024-07-12T15:32:26Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-829"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:57:41.46165Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-41037","description":"In Eclipse p2, installable units are able to alter the Eclipse Platform installation and the local machine via touchpoints during installation. Those touchpoints can, for example, alter the command-line used to start the application, injecting things like agent or other settings that usually require particular attention in term of security. Although p2 has built-in strategies to ensure artifacts are signed and then to help establish trust, there is no such strategy for the metadata part that does configure such touchpoints. As a result, it's possible to install a unit that will run malicious code during installation without user receiving any warning about this installation step being risky when coming from untrusted source.","status":"published","published":"2022-07-08T04:15:13.833Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:07:47.273Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-829"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:06.501652Z"}]}}