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CVE-2021-3499

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3499 describes a vulnerability in OVN Kubernetes versions up to and including 0.3.0, where the Egress Firewall fails to consistently apply firewall rules when multiple DNS rules are configured. This flaw could lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability for affected services. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.6 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high attack complexity and low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ovn:ovn-kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 11th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (36)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/driver-toolkit-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105102252.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-aws-machine-controllers:v4.7.0-202105010012.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-baremetal-installer-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105101449.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cloud-credential-operator:v4.7.0-202105061841.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-authentication-operator:v4.7.0-202105061754.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-config-operator:v4.7.0-202104291920.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-dns-operator:v4.7.0-202104292145.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-etcd-rhel8-operator:v4.7.0-202105072257.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-image-registry-operator:v4.7.0-202104302340.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-ingress-operator:v4.7.0-202104291920.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-network-operator:v4.7.0-202105071917.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator:v4.7.0-202105061841.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-update-keys:v4.7.0-202105060839.p0
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-console:v4.7.0-202105070703.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-docker-builder:v4.7.0-202105060839.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-gcp-pd-csi-driver-operator-rhel8:v4.7.0-202104290851.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-hello-openshift-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105071232.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-hyperkube:v4.7.0-202105091821.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-insights-rhel8-operator:v4.7.0-202105062344.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-installer:v4.7.0-202105101449.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-installer-artifacts:v4.7.0-202105101449.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-ironic-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105111107.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-jenkins:v4.7.0-202105071334.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-jenkins-agent-base:v4.7.0-202105062344.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-jenkins-agent-maven:v4.7.0-202105062344.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-jenkins-agent-nodejs-12-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105062344.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-kuryr-cni-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105111940.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-kuryr-controller-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105111940.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-machine-api-operator:v4.7.0-202105071028.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-machine-config-operator:v4.7.0-202105111858.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-operator-lifecycle-manager:v4.7.0-202104300003.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-operator-registry:v4.7.0-202104292145.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-ovn-kubernetes:v4.7.0-202105071917.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-sdn-rhel8:v4.7.0-202104280847.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-tests:v4.7.0-202105110735.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8:v4.7.0-202105061841.p0
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Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-57v4-m9jx-mh8rmedium

Improper Input Validation

Jun 8, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-3499Moderate

openshift/ovn-kubernetes: Egress Firewall does not reliably apply firewall rules

Apr 14, 2021

References

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