# CVE-2021-44421: Information disclosure in n/a

> A local attacker can access unauthorized information via side-channel analysis due to flawed pointer validation in the Occlum SGX runtime.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pj6m-jc6g-72c4

## What is CVE-2021-44421?

CVE-2021-44421 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The pointer-validation logic in util/mem_util.rs in Occlum before 0.26.0 for Intel SGX acts as a confused deputy that allows a local attacker to access unauthorized information via side-channel analysis.

Weakness: CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44421?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Occlum Project Occlum.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-44421?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44421 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-44421 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44421 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-44421 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-44421 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44421 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44421/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44421/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44421
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44421
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44421

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44421/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.