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CVE-2021-32822

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-32822 is a file disclosure vulnerability affecting the npm hbs package, an Express view engine wrapper for Handlebars. This vulnerability arises from hbs mixing template data with engine configuration options, allowing attackers to overwrite internal settings and potentially disclose sensitive files. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to confidentiality impacts. There is currently no patch, and no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hbs_project:hbs:-:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-7f5c-rpf4-86p8medium

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory and Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in hbs

Sep 2, 2021

References

securitylab.github.com / advisories/GHSL-2021-020-pillarjs-hbs
ExploitThird Party Advisory