CVE-2021-35342 affects Northern.tech Mender Enterprise versions 2.6.x before 2.6.1 and 2.7.x before 2.7.1, specifically the useradm service. It allows authenticated users to retain access to the system with their JSON Web Token (JWT) even after logging out, due to a missing invalidation mechanism when the JWT verification cache is enabled. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:northern.tech:useradm:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:northern.tech:useradm:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.