CVE-2021-23840

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Published 2021-05-01 · Modified 2021-11-12
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Moderate: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4198.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23840

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4198

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4424

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23840.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202102-42

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.1.1.j-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.1.1j-1
rockylinux rocky8fixed
debian debianbullseyefixed1.1.1j-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.1.1j-1
debian debiansidfixed1.1.1j-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.1.1j-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
rust crates.ioopenssl-src
rust crates.ioopenssl-src<111.14.0111.14.0
rust crates.ioopenssl-src>=0.0.0-0,<111.14.0111.14.0

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.