CVE-2021-36090

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 13% (96th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 13%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
65
EG Risk 65/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
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
13%
EPSS %ILE
96th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

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

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

July 13, 2021

Last Modified

October 8, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available.
generic

Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75ffc7a461e7e7ae77690fa75bd47bb71365c732e0fbcc44da4f8ff5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67ef3c07fe3b8c1b02d48012149d280ad6da8e4cec253b527520fb2b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
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Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54049b66afbca766b6763c7531e9fe7a20293a112bcb65462a134949%40%3Ccommits.drill.apache.org%3E
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Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4f03c5de923e3f2a8c316248681258125140514ef3307bfe1538e1ab%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
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Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3227b1287e5bd8db6523b862c22676b046ad8f4fc96433225f46a2bd%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
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Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r25f4c44616045085bc3cf901bb7e68e445eee53d1966fc08998fc456%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
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Pony Mail

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e87177f8e78b4ee453cd4d3d8f4ddec6f10d2c27707dd71e12cafc9%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
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oss-security - CVE-2021-36374: Apache Ant ZIP, and ZIP based, archive denial of service vulerability

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/6
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oss-security - CVE-2021-36090: Apache Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.20 denial of service vulnerability

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/13/4

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-36090(2)

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

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatapache-commons-compress-0:1.21-1.2.el8ev2022-07-14redhat
redhatapache-commons-compress2022-07-07redhat

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

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-compress-java1.20-1 ... 1.27.1-2 (8 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-compress-java—
  • every version up to 1.21-1: fixed in 1.21-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-compress-java—
  • every version up to 1.21-1: fixed in 1.21-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-compress-java—
  • every version up to 1.21-1: fixed in 1.21-1
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Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
org.apache.commons:commons-compress1.0 ... 1.9 (24 versions)
  • every version up to 1.21: fixed in 1.21
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Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 33× 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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-36090?
CVE-2021-36090 is a high vulnerability published on July 13, 2021. When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, Compress can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error even for very small inputs. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.
When was CVE-2021-36090 disclosed?
CVE-2021-36090 was first published on July 13, 2021, with the most recent update on October 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-36090 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-36090 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 13% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (96th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-36090?
CVE-2021-36090 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-36090?
A fix for CVE-2021-36090 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2021-36090 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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