CVE-2021-42096

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 21, 2021 at 12:40 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMailman

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.1.35
Affected range stops below 2.1.35, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-307

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