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CVE-2021-21702

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21702 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability affecting PHP versions 7.3.x, 7.4.x, and 8.0.x when using the SOAP extension. A malicious SOAP server can send malformed XML, causing PHP to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high availability impact with no confidentiality or integrity impact, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei, though it has received some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0318 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 php on CBL Mariner 2.0
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19641-16823
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php73-php-0:7.3.29-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-php73-php-0:7.3.29-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.4-8050020210526053050.3e6e7e84
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.2/php
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.3/php

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2021-Feb/CVE-2021-21702Important

Null Dereference in SoapClient

Feb 9, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-21702Low

php: NULL pointer dereference in SoapClient

Jan 26, 2021

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202105-23
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210312-0005
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4856
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2021-14
Third Party Advisory