CVE-2021-28170
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Improper Input Validation in Jakarta Expression Language
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.sun.el:el-ri | <3.0.4 | 3.0.4 |
| Maven | org.glassfish:jakarta.el | <3.0.4 | 3.0.4 |
| Maven | org.glassfish:javax.el | <=3.0.1-b12 | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28170
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28170
- https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri/issues/155
- https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri/pull/160/commits/b6a3943ac5fba71cbc6719f092e319caa747855b
- https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/el-ri
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGGLASSFISH-1297098
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGGLASSFISH-2841368
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-021-jakarta-el
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.