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CVE-2021-3013

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3013 is a critical vulnerability affecting ripgrep before version 13 on Windows, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary programs from the current working directory. This can be triggered via the -z/--search-zip or --pre flags. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100 warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 13.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ripgrep_project:ripgrep:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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 (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ripgrepFixed in: 13.0.0
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: grep-cliFixed in: 0.1.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-g4xg-fxmg-vcg5critical

OS command injection in ripgrep

Aug 5, 2021

References

github.com / BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/e48a17e1891e1ea9dd06ba0e48d5fb140ca7c0c4/CHANGELOG.md
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
PatchThird Party Advisory