CVE catalog
CVE-2021-28170
jakarta-el-api: CVE-2021-28170
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.13% · Oct 25, 2026
In the Jakarta Expression Language implementation 3.0.3 and earlier, a bug in the ELParserTokenManager enables invalid EL expressions to be evaluated as if they were valid.
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 | jakarta-el-api | sid | 5.0.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | jakarta-el-api | forky | 5.0.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | jakarta-el-api | trixie | 5.0.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | jakarta-el-api | bookworm | 5.0.1-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jakarta-el-api | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | [989259] |
| Debian | jakarta-el-api | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | [989259] |
| Debian | jakarta-el-api | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | [989259] |
| Debian | jakarta-el-api | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | [989259] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libjakarta-el-api-java]Affected
Source package: [jakarta-el-api]
Details (2)
5.0.1-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · jakarta-el-api · debian · bookworm; dsa · jakarta-el-api · debian · 12
5.0.1-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · jakarta-el-api · debian · bookworm; dsa · jakarta-el-api · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libjakarta-el-api-java]Affected
Source package: [jakarta-el-api]
Details (2)
5.0.1-1· all · trixieAffected
dsa · jakarta-el-api · debian · 13
5.0.1-1· all · trixieAffected
dsa · jakarta-el-api · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28170]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28170]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-28170.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/wid-sec-w-2024-2180.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]