vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2021-27021)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 20, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 20, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A flaw was discovered in Puppet DB, this flaw results in an escalation of privileges which allows the user to delete tables via an SQL query. This has been resolved in Puppet DB 6.17.0, 7.4.1, Platform 6.23, 7.7.0 and Puppet Enterprise 2021.2, 2019.8.7.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
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