A flaw was found in mod_auth_mellon where it does not sanitize logout URLs properly. This issue could be used by an attacker to facilitate phishing attacks by tricking users into visiting a trusted web application URL that redirects to an external and potentially malicious server. The highest threat from this liability is to confidentiality and integrity.
CVE-2021-3639
Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-08-23. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track
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 computedSeverity61% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 59%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 22, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (6)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3639
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980648
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/latchset/mod_auth_mellon/commit/42a11261b9dad2e48d70bdff7c53dd57a12db6f5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3639
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980648
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/latchset/mod_auth_mellon/commit/42a11261b9dad2e48d70bdff7c53dd57a12db6f5
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libapache2-mod-auth-mellon (0.16.0-1ubuntu0.1) @ focal | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libapache2-mod-auth-mellon (0.17.0-1ubuntu0.21.04.1) @ hirsute | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | mod_auth_mellon-0:0.14.0-12.el8.1 | 2022-05-10 | redhat |
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:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libapache2-mod-auth-mellon | 0.14.2-1 | 0.14.2-1+deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libapache2-mod-auth-mellon | 0.17.0-1 | 0.17.0-1+deb11u1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libapache2-mod-auth-mellon | — | 0.18.0-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libapache2-mod-auth-mellon | — | 0.18.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libapache2-mod-auth-mellon | — | 0.18.0-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(4)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2021-36392022-08-27
A flaw was found in mod_auth_mellon where it does not sanitize logout URLs properly. This issue could be used by an attacker to facilitate phishing attacks by tricking users into visiting a trusted web application URL that redirects to an external and potentially malicious server. The highest threat from this liability is to confidentiality and integrity.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:1934MODERATE2021-07-29
RHSA-2022:1934 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-5069-1MEDIUM
mod-auth-mellon vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-5069-2MEDIUM
mod-auth-mellon vulnerability
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