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CVE-2021-45810

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45810 affects GlobalProtect-openconnect versions prior to 2.0.0, stemming from incorrect access control in GPService via DBUS and GUI. This allows any user to initiate a VPN connection to arbitrary servers, enabling an attacker to redirect a host's entire network traffic through their malicious server. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. 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
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:globalprotect-openconnect_project:globalprotect-openconnect:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / yuezk/GlobalProtect-openconnect/issues/114
ExploitIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
github.com / yuezk/GlobalProtect-openconnect/issues/114