CVE-2021-40146

critical

Description

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the Any23 YAMLExtractor.java file and is known to affect Any23 versions < 2.5. RCE vulnerabilities allow a malicious actor to execute any code of their choice on a remote machine over LAN, WAN, or internet. RCE belongs to the broader class of arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerabilities.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7c521ed85c7ae1bad4fdf95b459f2aaa8a67eae338636b7b7ec35d86%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/11/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-11

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03301