CVE-2021-36795

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

A permission issue in the Cohesity Linux agent may allow privilege escalation in version 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1. An underprivileged linux user, if certain environment criteria are met, can gain additional privileges.

Affected products

Cohesity Linux Agent: from 6.5.1b through 6.5.1d; from 6.6.0a through 6.6.0b; 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0b-hotfix1

References

https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md
https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/CVE-2021-36795.md

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