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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-45099

NOTE: the vendor does not agree that this is a vulnerability; however, addon.stdin was removed as a defense-in-depth measure against complex social engineering situations

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.34%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The addon.stdin service in addon-ssh (aka Home Assistant Community Add-on: SSH & Web Terminal) before 10.0.0 has an attack surface that requires social engineering. NOTE: the vendor does not agree that this is a vulnerability; however, addon.stdin was removed as a defense-in-depth measure against complex social engineering situations

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.34% probability · 71th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
ssh \& web terminal project/ssh \& web terminal
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.34%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.