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CVE-2021-36753

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36753 describes a critical vulnerability in sharkdp BAT versions prior to 0.18.2, where the software insecurely executes less.exe from the current working directory. This allows for local privilege escalation with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by its CVSS score of 7.8 (High). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bat_project:bat:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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: batFixed in: 0.18.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-p24j-h477-76q3high

Uncontrolled Search Path Element in sharkdp/bat

Aug 25, 2021

References

github.com / sharkdp/bat/commit/bf2b2df9c9e218e35e5a38ce3d03cffb7c363956
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / sharkdp/bat/pull/1724
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / sharkdp/bat/releases/tag/v0.18.2
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
vuln.ryotak.me / advisories/53
Third Party Advisory