CVE-2021-21423 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting projen, a project generation tool. Specifically, it impacts users of projen's NodeProject type, allowing any GitHub user to trigger untrusted code execution within the main repository via the rebuild-bot workflow. This could potentially lead to unauthorized commits and access to repository secrets if branch protection is not enabled. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.6.0, < 0.16.41CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:projen_project:projen:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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