CVE-2021-21600
Published: 10 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-21600 is a medium-severity Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (CWE-772) vulnerability in Dell Emc Networker. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-8872
Vulnerability details
Dell EMC NetWorker, 19.4 or older, contain an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in its API service. An authorized API user could potentially exploit this vulnerability via the web and desktop user interfaces, leading to denial of service in the manageability…
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Ensures network resources are released once the session ends or becomes inactive, closing the window for missing-release weaknesses.