CVE-2021-29921

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2021-16395 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 6.8%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In Python before 3,9,5, the ipaddress library mishandles leading zero characters in the octets of an IP address string. This (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
62
EG Risk 62/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation6.8% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
6.8%
EPSS %ILE
94th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
6.8% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

May 6, 2021

Last Modified

October 8, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Oct 30, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github.
Web page

Python, PyPy3: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-02) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02
Web page

ipaddress leading zeros in IPv4 address — Python Security 0.0 documentation

https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/ipaddress-ipv4-leading-zeros.html
GitHub advisory

security/advisories/SICK-2021-014.md at master · sickcodes/security · GitHub

https://github.com/sickcodes/security/blob/master/advisories/SICK-2021-014.md
Web page

sickcodes (sickcodes) · GitHub

https://github.com/sickcodes
GitHub pull request

bpo-36384: Leading zeros in IPv4 addresses are no longer tolerated

Fix merged in python/cpython PR #25099 on 2021-05-02 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25099
GitHub pull request

bpo-36384: Remove check for leading zeroes in IPv4 addresses

Fix merged in python/cpython PR #12577 on 2019-03-30 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12577
Web page

cpython/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a4.rst at 63298930fb531ba2bb4f23bc3b915dbf1e17e9e1 · python/cpython · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/63298930fb531ba2bb4f23bc3b915dbf1e17e9e1/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.0a4.rst
Web page

ipaddress — IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library — Python 3.15.2 documentation

https://docs.python.org/3/library/ipaddress.html
Web page

Issue 36384: [security] CVE-2021-29921: ipaddress Should not reject IPv4 addresses with leading zeroes as ambiguously octal - Python tracker

https://bugs.python.org/issue36384

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3.8-doc (3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.1) @ focal2026-10-30ubuntu
ubuntupython3.8-doc (3.8.5-1~20.04.3) @ focal2026-10-30ubuntu
ubuntupython3.9-venv (3.9.5-3ubuntu0~20.04.1+esm2) @ focal2026-10-30ubuntu
redhatpython39-devel:3.9-8050020210811100211.d428a79b2021-11-09redhat
redhatpython38-devel:3.8-8050020210811101222.e3d35cca2021-11-09redhat
redhatrh-python38-python-urllib3-0:1.25.7-7.el72021-08-24redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(14 across 14 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.16(1)
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python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
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python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
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python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
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python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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python3—
  • every version up to 3.9.5-r0: fixed in 3.9.5-r0
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
python3.93.9.2-1, 3.9.2-1+deb11u1
  • every version up to 3.9.2-1+deb11u2: fixed in 3.9.2-1+deb11u2
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.8+dfsg-1: fixed in 7.3.8+dfsg-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.8+dfsg-1: fixed in 7.3.8+dfsg-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
pypy3—
  • every version up to 7.3.8+dfsg-1: fixed in 7.3.8+dfsg-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 101× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 273 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 173 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 18:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-01 18:48 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-01 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-11-01 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.8% · 94th percentile
  5. 2026-10-31 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-31 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-31 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.8% · 94th percentile
  9. 2026-10-30 20:35 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-30 20:35 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-30 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.8% · 94th percentile
  13. 2026-10-29 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-29 21:28 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-29 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-29 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.8% · 94th percentile
  17. 2026-10-28 22:19 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-28 22:19 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-28 22:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-28 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  21. 2026-10-27 23:13 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-27 23:13 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-27 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  25. 2026-10-27 00:05 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-27 00:05 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-27 00:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-10-26 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  4. 2026-10-25 21:23 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-25 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-10-25 18:29 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-25 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  8. 2026-10-24 22:14 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-24 22:14 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-24 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  12. 2026-10-23 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-23 23:07 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-23 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  16. 2026-10-22 23:59 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-22 23:59 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-22 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-22 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  20. 2026-10-22 00:45 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-22 00:45 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-22 00:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  24. 2026-10-21 01:39 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-21 01:39 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-21 01:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  27. 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  28. 2026-10-20 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-20 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-20 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  31. 2026-10-19 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 94th percentile
  32. 2026-10-19 01:59 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-10-19 01:59 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-19 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  35. 2026-10-18 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  36. 2026-10-18 09:03 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-18 02:51 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-18 02:51 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-18 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  40. 2026-10-17 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  41. 2026-10-17 03:43 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-10-17 03:43 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-17 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  44. 2026-10-16 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  45. 2026-10-16 04:35 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-10-16 04:35 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-10-16 04:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  48. 2026-10-15 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  49. 2026-10-15 03:02 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-10-15 03:02 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-15 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  52. 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  53. 2026-10-13 23:14 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-10-13 23:14 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-13 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  56. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  57. 2026-10-12 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-10-12 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  59. 2026-10-12 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-10-12 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  61. 2026-10-11 23:44 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-10-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  63. 2026-10-10 19:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  64. 2026-10-09 20:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  65. 2026-10-08 22:28 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-10-08 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  67. 2026-10-08 21:33 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-10-08 21:33 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-10-08 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cxqv-r2cc-r9c9 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  70. 2026-10-08 16:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  71. 2026-10-07 23:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  72. 2026-10-06 15:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  73. 2026-10-05 17:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  74. 2026-10-04 23:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile
  75. 2026-10-03 14:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 6.9% · 93rd percentile

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-29921?
CVE-2021-29921 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on May 6, 2021. In Python before 3,9,5, the ipaddress library mishandles leading zero characters in the octets of an IP address string. This (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-29921 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-29921 was published on May 6, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 8, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-29921 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-29921 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (94th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-29921?
CVE-2021-29921 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-29921?
A fix for CVE-2021-29921 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-29921 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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