CVE-2021-43896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft PowerShell Spoofing Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03216.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

CBL Mariner 2.0 x64

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`N/A`	affected	—

Microsoft

CBL Mariner 2.0 ARM

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`N/A`	affected	—

Microsoft

CBL Mariner 1.0 x64

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0`	affected	< 7.2.1-1

Microsoft

CBL Mariner 1.0 ARM

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0`	affected	< 7.2.1-1

Microsoft

PowerShell 7.2

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.2.0`	affected	< 7.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Cbl Mariner Subscribe Powershell Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-30758	Microsoft PowerShell Spoofing Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43896

History

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-12-15T14:15:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:10:17.045Z

Reserved: 2021-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43896

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:10:17.045Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-15T15:15:11.373

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:30:00.013

Link: CVE-2021-43896

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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