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CVE-2021-36376

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36376 describes a critical vulnerability in dandavison delta before version 0.8.3 on Windows, where the software incorrectly resolves executable pathnames as relative paths from the current directory, affecting delta_project delta and Microsoft Windows. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
< 0.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:delta_project:delta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: git-deltaFixed in: 0.8.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-5xg3-j2j6-rcx4high

Relative Path Traversal in git-delta

Aug 25, 2021

References

github.com / dandavison/delta/commit/f01846bd443aaf92fdd5ac20f461beac3f6ee3fd
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / dandavison/delta/releases/tag/0.8.3
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
vuln.ryotak.me / advisories/54
Third Party Advisory