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CVE-2021-3445

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3445 is a high-severity flaw in libdnf versions prior to 0.60.1, affecting Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution by altering RPM package headers and tricking a user into installation. The attack requires high complexity and user interaction, but successful exploitation can lead to significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and system availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.60.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:libdnf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19054-16820Fixed in: 0.43.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 libdnf 0.43.1-2 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 0.43.1-2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: dnf-plugins-core-0:4.0.21-3.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libdnf-0:4.7.0-4.el8
View patch
redhatworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2021-May/CVE-2021-3445Important

A flaw was found in libdnf's signature verification functionality in versions before 0.60.1. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve code execution if they can alter the header information of an RPM package and then trick a user or system into installing it. The highest risk of this vulnerability is to confidentiality integrity as well as system availability.

May 11, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-3445Moderate

libdnf: Signature verification bypass via signature placed in the main RPM header

Mar 16, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DPMFGGQ5T6WVFTFX3OKMVTTM5O4EXWZR
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4NL7TNWAHJ6JVRABQUPWHKKCTHUZMNF