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CVE-2021-27189

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-27189 describes a critical vulnerability in the CIRA Canadian Shield app for iOS, specifically versions prior to 4.0.13, where it fails to properly validate SSL certificates. This oversight allows for potential Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, enabling an attacker to intercept and view sensitive user data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM), indicating that while it can lead to high confidentiality impact, the attack complexity is high. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cira:canadian_shield:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/161507/CIRA-Canadian-Shield-Man-In-The-Middle.html
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Feb/72
Third Party Advisory
info-sec.ca / advisories/CIRA-Canadian-Shield.html
PatchThird Party Advisory