KEV Entry

CVE-2021-3156

Known Exploited Vulnerability Entry Previdian

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Entry Details
Confirmed Exploited

CVE-2021-3156

2022-04-06 02:00 CEST

Timestamps

2022-04-06

2022-04-06

Scope

Sudo before 1.9.5p2 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows privilege escalation to root via... | Affected: Sudo Project / Sudo | CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH) | EPSS: 0.99962 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False

References
  • {'id': 'CVE-2021-3156', 'url': 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3156'}
  • {'id': 'previdian', 'url': 'https://previdian.com/CVE-2021-3156'}

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Previdian
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2026-10-02 09:11 CEST

2026-10-02 09:11 CEST

Evidence
1
Type Source Signal Confidence Details GCVE Metadata
public_report previdian successful_exploitation 0.70
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  "added_date": "2022-04-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "ahead_of_cisa_kev": null,
  "cve_id": "CVE-2021-3156",
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "cvss_score": 7.8,
  "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
  "epss_percentile": 0.99976,
  "epss_score": 0.99962,
  "feed": "Previdian (previdian.com)",
  "ghsa_id": null,
  "not_yet_in_cisa_kev": false,
  "previous_ids": [],
  "product": "Sudo",
  "title": "Sudo before 1.9.5p2 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows privilege escalation to root via...",
  "used_in_malware": "unknown",
  "vendor": "Sudo Project",
  "virtual_patch": false,
  "vulnerability_id": "CVE-2021-3156"
}
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