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CVE-2021-4248

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-4248 is a critical vulnerability affecting kapetan dns up to version 6.1.0, specifically within the DNS/Protocol/Request.cs file, leading to insufficient entropy in its pseudo-random number generator. This flaw allows for remote exploitation without requiring user interaction or authentication, earning a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical). Successful exploitation could result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, upgrading to kapetan dns version 7.0.0 is strongly recommended to mitigate this high-risk vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kapetan_dns_project:kapetan_dns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DNSFixed in: 7.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

nugetGHSA-g3wc-xv93-445qcritical

DNS NuGet package uses insufficiently random values

Dec 18, 2022

References

github.com / kapetan/dns/commit/cf7105aa2aae90d6656088fe5a8ee1d5730773b6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / kapetan/dns/pull/88
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / kapetan/dns/releases/tag/v7.0.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory