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CVE-2021-26120

75
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-26120 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Smarty versions prior to 3.1.39, specifically impacting Debian Linux distributions utilizing Smarty. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely by manipulating function names within Smarty templates. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation has been observed, its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score indicate a significant potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.1.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smarty:smarty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
82.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8232 is in the 98th 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)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: smarty/smartyFixed in: 3.1.39
gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-3rpf-5rqv-689qcritical

PHP Code Injection by malicious function name in smarty

Feb 26, 2021

References

github.com / smarty-php/smarty/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00014.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202105-06
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5151
Third Party Advisory