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CVE-2021-43412

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. libports accepts fake notification messages from any client on any port, which can lead to port use-after-free. This can be exploited for local privilege escalation to get full root access.

Affected products

• GNU Hurd: before 0.9.20210404-9 — fixed in 0.9.20210404-9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU Hurd 0.9.20210404-9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2021-05/msg00079.html
• https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-hurd%40gnu.org/msg32116.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2021-05/msg00079.html
• https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-hurd%40gnu.org/msg32116.html

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