{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38304 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38304 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-38304 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Sep 2021. 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-2021-38304 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38304 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Sep 2021. 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-2021-38304 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. 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-2021-38304/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38304/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38304","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38304/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38304","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hcq2-9985-7gxv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"NI-PAL driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local privileged user can escalate privileges due to improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"ni-pal","vendor":"ni"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"Improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver in versions 20.0.0 and prior may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38304","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Command injection in Yamale","id":"CVE-2021-38305"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"SQL injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38303"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2021-09-17","related":[{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Local privilege escalation in NI-PAL","id":"CVE-2026-8036","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-06-02"},{"cvss_score":6.9,"headline":"NULL pointer dereference in NI-PAL","id":"CVE-2026-8035","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-06-02"}],"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 privileged user can escalate privileges due to improper input validation in the National Instruments NI-PAL driver.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38304/"}