CVE-2021-2256 is a critical vulnerability in the Management Console component of Oracle Storage Cloud Software Appliance, affecting versions prior to 16.3.1.4.2. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to fully compromise the appliance, leading to complete takeover and significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it poses a severe risk, though there is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules. Despite limited community discussion, the vulnerability has received some media coverage, highlighting the importance of applying the available patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.3.1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:storage_cloud_software_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.