CVE-2021-34558

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 7.0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The crypto/tls package of Go through 1.16.5 does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange, allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
45
EG Risk 45/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity65% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 6.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
7.0%
EPSS %ILE
94th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (6.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 6.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
7.0% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 15, 2021

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (16)

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Patch Availability(28)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8100020240227110532.828888972024-05-22redhat
redhatpodman-2:4.2.0-3.el92022-11-15redhat
redhatodf4/volume-replication-rhel8-operator:v4.10.0-112022-04-13redhat
redhatkubevirt-0:4.8.5-278.el82022-04-12redhat
redhatopenshift4-wincw/windows-machine-config-rhel8-operator:5.0.0-52022-03-28redhat
redhatgolang-github-vbatts-tar-split-0:0.11.1-6.el8ost2022-03-24redhat
redhatetcd-0:3.3.23-7.el8ost2022-01-25redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-importer:v4.9.2-82022-01-19redhat
redhatodf/odf-multicluster-rhel8-operator:4.9-30.007b3d8.release_4.92021-12-13redhat
redhatmcg-0:5.9.0-28.61dcf87.5.9.el82021-12-13redhat
redhatkubevirt-0:2.6.8-211.el82021-11-17redhat
redhatstf/smart-gateway-rhel8-operator:3.0.4-12021-11-10redhat
redhatgrafana-0:7.5.9-4.el82021-11-09redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-uploadserver:v4.9.0-372021-11-02redhat
redhatopenshift-sandboxed-containers-tech-preview/osc-rhel8-operator:1.1.0-32021-10-20redhat
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-controller-rhel8:v2.6.7-52021-10-06redhat
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
redhatrosa-0:1.1.1-51c4a5e.el82021-08-26redhat
redhatdistributed-tracing/jaeger-rhel8-operator:1.20.5-52021-08-19redhat
redhatadvanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator:3.64.0-22021-08-12redhat
redhatignition-0:2.6.0-8.rhaos4.6.git947598e.el82021-08-12redhat
redhatredhat-release-coreos-0:47.84-1.el82021-08-11redhat

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

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
golang-1.15—
  • every version up to 1.15.9-6: fixed in 1.15.9-6
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Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
stdlib—
  • every version up to 1.15.14: fixed in 1.15.14
  • 1.16.0-0 up to 1.16.6: fixed in 1.16.6
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(18)

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

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Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

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A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 8 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 96 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-34558?
CVE-2021-34558 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 15, 2021. The crypto/tls package of Go through 1.16.5 does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange, allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-34558 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-34558 was published on July 15, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-34558 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-34558 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (94th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-34558?
CVE-2021-34558 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-34558?
A fix for CVE-2021-34558 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-34558 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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