
CVE catalog
CVE-2021-20208
cifs-utils: CVE-2021-20208
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.67% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in cifs-utils in versions before 6.13. A user when mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container can use Kerberos credentials of the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cifs-utils | sid | 2:7.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | cifs-utils | forky | 2:7.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | cifs-utils | trixie | 2:7.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | cifs-utils | trixie-security | 2:7.4-1+deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | cifs-utils | bookworm | 2:7.0-2 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.10 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.11 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.12 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.13 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.14 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.15 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.16 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.17 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.18 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.19 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.20 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.21 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.22 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.23 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | 3.24 | 6.13-r0 | fixed |
| Suse | cifs-utils | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp2 | 6.9-5.9.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | pro | 2:6.4-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | pro | 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | pro | 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 18.04 | 2:6.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 18.04 | 2:6.8-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 18.04 | 2:6.8-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 18.04 | 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 18.04 | 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 20.04 | 2:6.9-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 20.04 | 2:6.9-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 20.04 | 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | 20.04 | 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2 | fixed |
| Suse | cifs-utils | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5 | 6.9-13.14.1 | fixed |
| Suse | cifs-utils | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 6.9-13.14.1 | fixed |
| Suse | cifs-utils | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 6.9-13.14.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cifs-utils | source | sid | 2:6.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [987308] |
| Debian | cifs-utils | source | forky | 2:6.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [987308] |
| Debian | cifs-utils | source | trixie | 2:6.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [987308] |
| Debian | cifs-utils | source | bookworm | 2:6.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [987308] |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.10 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.11 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.12 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.13 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.14 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.15 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.16 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.17 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.18 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.19 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.20 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.21 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.22 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.23 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Alpine | cifs-utils | apk | 3.24 | 6.13-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Suse | cifs-utils | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp2 | 6.9-5.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:1161-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | deb | pro | 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | deb | 18.04 | 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | cifs-utils | deb | 20.04 | 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20208 | Not reported |
| Suse | cifs-utils | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5 | 6.9-13.14.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:1159-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | cifs-utils | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 6.9-13.14.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:1159-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | cifs-utils | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 6.9-13.14.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:1159-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [cifs-utils]Unknown
Details (2)
2:7.0-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:6.11-3dsa · cifs-utils · debian · bookworm; dsa · cifs-utils · debian · 12
2:7.0-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2:6.11-3dsa · cifs-utils · debian · bookworm; dsa · cifs-utils · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [cifs-utils]Unknown
Details (4)
2:7.4-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:6.11-3dsa · cifs-utils · debian · 13
2:7.4-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2:6.11-3dsa · cifs-utils · debian · 13
2:7.4-1+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-security · Historical versionFixed · Fixed:
2:6.11-3dsa · cifs-utils · debian · 13
2:7.4-1+deb13u2· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
2:6.11-3dsa · cifs-utils · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_1159-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2021-20208]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20208]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:1159-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:1161-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20208]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20208]
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