CVE-2021-43779

Remote Command Execution vulnerability

GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.

Affected

pluginsGLPI · addressing

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 GITHUB

9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

9.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2022-01-05

Updated

2025-09-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• hansmach1ne/MyExploits/tree/main/RCE_GLPI_addressing_plugin

Security advisories

• pluginsGLPI/addressing/commit/6f55964803054a5acb5feda92c7c7f1d91ab5366
• pluginsGLPI/addressing/security/advisories/GHSA-q5fp-xpr8-77jh

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-43778
• CVE-2022-25486
• CVE-2022-34121
• CVE-2022-43014
• CVE-2022-43015
• CVE-2022-43016