7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-20319
CoreOS Installer Signature Verification Bypass
Description

An improper signature verification vulnerability was found in coreos-installer. A specially crafted gzip installation image can bypass the image signature verification and as a consequence can lead to the installation of unsigned content. An attacker able to modify the original installation image can write arbitrary data, and achieve full access to the node being installed.

INFO

Published Date :

March 4, 2022, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 11, 2022, 3:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-20319 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat coreos-installer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-20319.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2011862 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/pull/659/commits/ad243c6f0eff2835b2da56ca5f7f33af76253c89 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/security/advisories/GHSA-3r3g-g73x-g593 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-20319 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2011862 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2011862 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/pull/659/commits/ad243c6f0eff2835b2da56ca5f7f33af76253c89 No Types Assigned https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/pull/659/commits/ad243c6f0eff2835b2da56ca5f7f33af76253c89 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/security/advisories/GHSA-3r3g-g73x-g593 No Types Assigned https://github.com/coreos/coreos-installer/security/advisories/GHSA-3r3g-g73x-g593 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-347
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:coreos-installer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.10.1
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.01%

score

0.36854

percentile

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