CVE-2021-33910

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

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

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Elevated

Also known asEUVD-2021-20582 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-5337-wcgc-wcvp (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 8.8%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

basic/unit-name.c in systemd prior to 246.15, 247.8, 248.5, and 249.1 has a Memory Allocation with an Excessive Size Value (involving strdupa and alloca for a pathname controlled by a local attacker) that results in an operating system crash.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
41
EG Risk 41/100

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)
Severity55% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (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.
EPSS PROB
8.8%
EPSS %ILE
95th
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 (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
8.8% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). 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 every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade 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 every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (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)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (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

July 20, 2021

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Oct 14, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github_commit.
GitHub commit

commit 764b74113e36 (systemd/systemd-stable)

Fix landed in systemd/systemd-stable commit 764b74113e36 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce
GitHub commit

commit 4a1c5f34bd3e (systemd/systemd-stable)

Fix landed in systemd/systemd-stable commit 4a1c5f34bd3e — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b
GitHub commit

commit b00674347337 (systemd/systemd-stable)

Fix landed in systemd/systemd-stable commit b00674347337 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538
GitHub commit

commit cfd14c653740 (systemd/systemd-stable)

Fix landed in systemd/systemd-stable commit cfd14c653740 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61
GitHub commit

commit b34a4f0e6729 (systemd/systemd)

Fix landed in systemd/systemd commit b34a4f0e6729 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b
Web page

systemd: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-48) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48
Web page🟡 PoC Available

oss-security - CVE-2021-33910: Denial of service (stack exhaustion) in systemd (PID 1)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2
GitHub pull request

basic/unit-name: do not use strdupa() on a path

Fix merged in systemd/systemd PR #20256 on 2021-07-20 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuudev-udeb (229-4ubuntu21.31+esm1) @ xenial2026-10-14ubuntu
ubuntuudev (246.6-1ubuntu1.7) @ groovy2026-10-14ubuntu
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.7-20210715.1.el8_42021-07-22redhat
redhatsystemd-0:239-45.el8_4.22021-07-21redhat
redhatsystemd-0:239-18.el8_1.82021-07-20redhat
redhatsystemd-0:239-31.el8_2.42021-07-20redhat

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

(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd241-5 ... 241-7~deb10u7 (9 versions)
  • every version up to 241-7~deb10u8: fixed in 241-7~deb10u8
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd—
  • every version up to 247.3-6: fixed in 247.3-6
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd—
  • every version up to 247.3-6: fixed in 247.3-6
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd—
  • every version up to 247.3-6: fixed in 247.3-6
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd—
  • every version up to 247.3-6: fixed in 247.3-6
—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd232-25 ... 232-25+deb9u9 (13 versions)
  • every version up to 232-25+deb9u13: fixed in 232-25+deb9u13
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Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

Data Freshness Timeline

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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 94 of 213 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. 6 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 119 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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  23. 2026-10-14 12:27 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-14 11:51 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-33910?
CVE-2021-33910 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 20, 2021. basic/unit-name.c in systemd prior to 246.15, 247.8, 248.5, and 249.1 has a Memory Allocation with an Excessive Size Value (involving strdupa and alloca for a pathname controlled by a local attacker) that results in an operating system crash.
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-33910 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-33910 was published on July 20, 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 14, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-33910 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-33910 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 8.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (95th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-33910?
CVE-2021-33910 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-33910?
A fix for CVE-2021-33910 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-33910 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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