{"id":"CVE-2021-32555","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-32555","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:32:21.388Z","title":"When this function is used by the xorg-hwe-18.04 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.","description":"It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the xorg-hwe-18.04 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.","published":"2021-06-12T04:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:53:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-59","CWE-61"],"affected":["canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00289,"percentile":0.21309,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32555","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}