Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-36209

Critical

Published: 06 August 2021

Published
06 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0000 0.2th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-36209 is a critical-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Jetbrains Hub. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 0.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In JetBrains Hub before 2021.1.13389, account takeover was possible during password reset.

CWE(s)
CWE-640

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

jetbrains
hub
≤ 2021.1.13389

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.

IA-5 Authenticator Management
addresses: CWE-640

Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.

References