Incorrect Authorization Affecting ostree-devel package, versions <0:2020.7-5.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OSTREEDEVEL-18678366
  • published12 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Jan 2021

Introduced: 13 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-21609  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ostree-devel to version 0:2020.7-5.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:2437.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ostree-devel package and not the ostree-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Jenkins 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier does not correctly match requested URLs to the list of always accessible paths, allowing attackers without Overall/Read permission to access some URLs as if they did have Overall/Read permission.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1