CVE-2021-20208
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A flaw was found in cifs-utils in versions before 6.13. A user when mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container can use Kerberos credentials of the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
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affected products (7)
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references (22)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921116cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14651cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20208cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167394/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5459-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/cifs-utils-privilege-escalation-via-Kerberos-Auth-Leak-Escaping-35064cnnvd
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