CVE-2021-42096

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    CVE-2021-42096

    Published: 21 Oct 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A certain csrf_token value is derived from the admin password, and may be useful in conducting a brute-force attack against that password.

    References: , https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-announce%40python.org/thread/IKCO6JU755AP5G5TKMBJL6IEZQTTNPDQ/, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4991, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/21/4, https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1947639

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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