condor_credd in HTCondor before 8.9.11 allows Directory Traversal outside the SEC_CREDENTIAL_DIRECTORY_OAUTH directory, as demonstrated by…

published 2021-01-27 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-12211

cvss: 9.9; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.2%; EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 0; none known

condor_credd in HTCondor before 8.9.11 allows Directory Traversal outside the SEC_CREDENTIAL_DIRECTORY_OAUTH directory, as demonstrated by creating a file under /etc that will later be executed by root.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

wisc htcondor 8.9.11

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Exploit prediction

3.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

research.cs.wisc.edu /htcondor/security/vulnerabilities/HTCONDOR-2021-0002.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-25311
NVD CVE-2021-25311

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