CVE-2021-42009 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-42009

Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops Email Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

An authenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user with Portal-level privileges can send a request with a specially-crafted email subject to the /deliveryservices/request Traffic Ops endpoint to send an email, from the Traffic Ops server, with an arbitrary body to an arbitrary email address. Apache Traffic Control 5.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3 or 6.0.0. 4.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered by GitHub's CodeQL code scanning service.

Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Traffic Control
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 12th, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)