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CVE-2021-33587

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-33587 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in css-what package versions 4.0.0 through 5.0.0 for Node.js, affecting products like css_what_project css_what and NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer. This flaw stems from inefficient attribute parsing, leading to a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) denial-of-service risk without requiring authentication or user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:css-what_project:css-what:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:css-what_project:css-what:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_performance_analyzer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0227 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: css-whatFixed in: 5.0.1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/grc-ui-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/mcm-topology-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/search-ui-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-grafana
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-prometheus-rhel9
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/application-ui-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/console-header-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/console-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/console-ui-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/kui-web-terminal-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0Fixed in: servicemesh-prometheus
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2Fixed in: system
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0Fixed in: servicemesh-grafana
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: ovirt-web-ui
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: ovirt-engine-ui-extensions

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-q8pj-2vqx-8ggchigh

Denial of service in css-what

Jun 7, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-33587Moderate

nodejs-css-what: does not ensure that attribute parsing has linear time complexity relative to the size of the input

May 28, 2021

References

github.com / fb55/css-what/releases/tag/v5.0.1
PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00001.html
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210706-0007
Third Party Advisory