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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21703

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21703 PUBLISHED CVSS 7 HIGH

In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x below 8.0.12, when running PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower-privileged users, it is possible for the child processes to access memory shared with the main process and write to it, modifying it in a way that would cause the root process to conduct invalid memory reads and writes, which can be used to escalate privileges from local unprivileged user to the root user.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11php7.40, 7.4.21-1, *

Timeline

  • Oct 25, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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