CVE-2021-33198

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In Go before 1.15.13 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5, there can be a panic for a large exponent to the math/big.Rat SetString or UnmarshalText method.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
—
EPSS
87.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 2, 2021

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (6)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-33198(6)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(27)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8100020241101101019.afee755d2024-11-26redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8100020240227110532.828888972024-05-22redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:3.0-8040020240314094241.c0c392d52024-04-30redhat
redhatbuildah-1:1.27.0-2.el92022-11-15redhat
redhatskopeo-2:1.9.2-1.el92022-11-15redhat
redhatkubevirt-0:2.6.10-230.el82022-04-19redhat
redhatkubevirt-0:4.8.5-278.el82022-04-12redhat
redhatopenshift4-wincw/windows-machine-config-rhel8-operator:5.0.0-52022-03-28redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-importer:v4.9.2-82022-01-19redhat
redhatmcg-0:5.9.0-28.61dcf87.5.9.el82021-12-13redhat
redhatodf/odf-multicluster-rhel8-operator:4.9-30.007b3d8.release_4.92021-12-13redhat
redhatetcd-0:3.3.23-3.1.el8ost.12021-12-09redhat
redhatgo-toolset:rhel8-8050020210817155413.8aa623692021-11-09redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-uploadserver:v4.9.0-372021-11-02redhat
redhatbutane-0:0.12.1-2.rhaos4.8.el82021-10-19redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-etcd:v4.9.0-202109302317.p0.git.5c1feaf.assembly.stream2021-10-18redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/vm-import-operator-rhel8:v4.8.2-42021-09-21redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-1/svls-must-gather-rhel8:1.17.0-52021-09-16redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-clients-0:0.23.2-1.el82021-09-16redhat
redhatrhmtc/openshift-velero-plugin-rhel8:v1.5.1-42021-08-31redhat
redhatgolang-github-prometheus-promu-0:0.5.0-4.git642a960.el82021-08-31redhat
redhatdistributed-tracing/jaeger-rhel8-operator:1.20.5-52021-08-19redhat
redhatignition-0:2.6.0-8.rhaos4.6.git947598e.el82021-08-12redhat
redhatadvanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator:3.64.0-22021-08-12redhat
redhatredhat-release-coreos-0:47.84-1.el82021-08-11redhat
redhatopenshift4/ovirt-csi-driver-rhel8-operator:v4.8.0-202107291502.p0.git.7b6cd3d.assembly.stream2021-08-10redhat
redhatopenshift-clients-0:4.8.0-202107292313.p0.git.1077b05.assembly.stream.el72021-08-10redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
stdlib—1.16.5—

Additional Vendor Advisories

(23)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 22:48 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-33198?
CVE-2021-33198 is a high vulnerability published on August 2, 2021. In Go before 1.15.13 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5, there can be a panic for a large exponent to the math/big.Rat SetString or UnmarshalText method.
When was CVE-2021-33198 disclosed?
CVE-2021-33198 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 2, 2021, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-33198 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-33198 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 87.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-33198?
CVE-2021-33198 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-33198?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-33198, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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