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CVE-2021-40146

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40146 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Any23 YAMLExtractor.java file, affecting Apache Any23 versions prior to 2.5. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a remote system with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), there is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:any23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0568 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.any23:apache-any23Fixed in: 2.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-99px-7724-484vcritical

Remote Code Execution in Any23

Sep 13, 2021

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r7c521ed85c7ae1bad4fdf95b459f2aaa8a67eae338636b7b7ec35d86%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/09/11/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory