CVE-2021-32553

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p25

Published

Jun 12, 2021 (Jun 12, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

It was discovered that read_file() in apport/hookutils.py would follow symbolic links or open FIFOs. When this function is used by the openjdk-17 package apport hooks, it could expose private data to other local users.

Vendors: canonical oracle
Products: ubuntu linux, openjdk
Weakness: CWE-59, CWE-61
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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