CVE-2021-3518

medium
Published 2022-05-24 · Modified 2021-11-12
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Moderate: libxml2 security 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-2021-2569.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3518

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:2569

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3518.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.9.11-1
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky8fixed
debian debianbookwormfixed2.9.10+dfsg-6.6
debian debianbullseyefixed2.9.10+dfsg-6.6
debian debianforkyfixed2.9.10+dfsg-6.6
debian debiansidfixed2.9.10+dfsg-6.6
debian debiantrixiefixed2.9.10+dfsg-6.6

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsnokogiri<>= 1.11.4>= 1.11.4
ruby RubyGemsnokogiri<1.11.41.11.4

References

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