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CVE-2021-21658

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21658 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Jenkins Nuget Plugin versions 1.0 and earlier, stemming from an improperly configured XML parser. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality and integrity impacts with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:nuget:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:nugetFixed in: 1.1
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-p674-hh8x-rv5hcritical

XML external entity vulnerability in Jenkins Nuget Plugin

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2021-05-25
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/25/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory