{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35938 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2021-35938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 25 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-35938 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-35938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 25 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35938 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35938/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35938/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-35938","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35938/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-35938","record":{"aliases":["AZL-10723","CLSA-2023-1673906443","CLSA-2023-1674164204","DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35938","GHSA-83gm-5269-qr3v","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-35938"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_read","data_modify","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"RPM package manager","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local unprivileged user can exploit a symbolic link flaw in RPM during file installation to escalate privileges and compromise system integrity.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"fedora","vendor":"fedoraproject"},{"product":"enterprise_linux","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"rpm","vendor":"rpm"}],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Privilege escalation in RPM","id":"CVE-2021-35938","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"fedoraproject:fedora","products":["fedoraproject:fedora","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in RPM","id":"CVE-2021-35939"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Race condition in RPM","id":"CVE-2021-35937"},"products":["RPM"],"published":"2022-08-25","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"PHP-CGI OS Command Injection","id":"CVE-2024-4577","kev_date_added":"2024-06-12","published":"2024-06-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Grafana Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2021-39226","kev_date_added":"2022-08-25","published":"2021-10-05"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS OpenSLP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2019-5544","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2019-12-06"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion","id":"CVE-2024-4947","kev_date_added":"2024-05-20","published":"2024-05-15"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2024-4671","kev_date_added":"2024-05-13","published":"2024-05-09"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Google Chromium Mojo Insufficient Data Validation","id":"CVE-2022-3075","kev_date_added":"2022-09-08","published":"2022-09-26"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Google Chromium Indexed DB API Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2021-30633","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-10-08"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A local unprivileged user can exploit a symbolic link flaw in RPM during file installation to escalate privileges and compromise system integrity.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35938/"}