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CVE-2021-42562

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.8.1. It does not properly segregate user privileges, resulting in non-admin users having access to read and modify configuration or other components that should only be accessible by admin users.

Affected products

• MITRE Caldera: through 2.8.1

References

• https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42562-Improper%20Access%20Control-MITRE%20Caldera
• https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases
• https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42562-Improper%20Access%20Control-MITRE%20Caldera
• https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases

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