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CVE-2021-31800

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-31800 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting Impacket through version 0.9.22, specifically within its smbserver.py component, and impacts Fedora and SecureAuth Impacket products. With a CVSS score of 9.8, an unauthenticated attacker can remotely list and write to arbitrary files, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution by overwriting critical system files. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:secureauth:impacket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
19.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1926 is in the 93rd 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: impacketFixed in: 0.9.23

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-mj63-64x7-57xfcritical

Path traversal in impacket

Jun 18, 2021

References

github.com / SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py
Third Party Advisory
github.com / SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py
Third Party Advisory
github.com / SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py
Third Party Advisory
github.com / SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py
Third Party Advisory
github.com / SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2f
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releases
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG