CVE-2021-36779 json
Host operations allowed in privileged Longhorn managed pods
published 2021-12-17 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-23363
- cvss
- 9.6
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in SUSE Longhorn allows any workload in the cluster to execute any binary present in the image on the host without authentication. This issue affects: SUSE Longhorn longhorn versions prior to 1.1.3; longhorn versions prior to 1.2.3.
Patch / fix
- SUSE Longhorn 1.1.3, 1.2.3
Exploit prediction
0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 8.3 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- SUSE Longhorn
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
References
-
bugzilla.suse.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1191818
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/longhorn/longhorn/security/advisories/GHSA-g358-m2wp-mhhx
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-36779
- NVD CVE-2021-36779
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