CVE-2021-32563

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An issue was discovered in Thunar before 4.16.7 and 4.17.x before 4.17.2. When called with a regular file as a command-line argument, it delegates to a different program (based on the file type) without user confirmation. This could be used to achieve code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-32563

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.16.7-1
debian debianbookwormfixed4.16.8-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.16.8-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.16.8-1
debian debiansidfixed4.16.8-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.16.8-1

References

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