CVE-2021-41387
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2021 at 08:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSeatd
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.2 allows privilege escalation because it uses execlp and may be installed setuid root.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
0.6.0 ≤ v < 0.6.2
Affected range stops below 0.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd-announce/%3CGJ2IZQ.HCKS1J0LSI803%40kl.wtf%3ECVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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