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High 7.5Published Aug 24, 2022
CVE-2021-3998A flaw was found in glibc.
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It affects Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP and 9 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
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A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name) | from V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 | CISA ADP |
gnu glibc gnu:glibc | from 2.33 before 2.35 | NVD |
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility | all versions | NVD |
netapp h300s_firmware netapp:h300s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h500s_firmware netapp:h500s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h700s_firmware netapp:h700s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h410s_firmware netapp:h410s_firmware | all versions | NVD |
netapp h410c_firmware netapp:h410c_firmware | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=ee8d5e33adb284601c00c94687bc907e10aec9bb
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=84d2d0fe20bdf94feed82b21b4d7d136db471f03
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024633issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3998third-party-advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3998third-party-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0003/third-party-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
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