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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20297

Setting match.path and activating a profile crashes NetworkManager.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.25%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw was found in NetworkManager in versions before 1.30.0. Setting match.path and activating a profile crashes NetworkManager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.25% probability · 17th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
gnome/networkmanager · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.