Is CVE-2021-41116 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-41116 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-41116?

CVE-2021-41116 has a CVSS score of 8.2 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2021-41116?

Patch guidance is available from getcomposer security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2021-41116.

Fix CVE-2021-41116 - HIGH getcomposer composer

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2021-41116?

3 products: getcomposer composer, getcomposer composer, tenable tenable.sc.

Description

Composer is an open source dependency manager for the PHP language. In affected versions windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are subject to command injection and should upgrade their composer version. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. The issue has been resolved in composer versions 1.10.23 and 2.1.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-77 · Command Injection CWE-77 · Command Injection

Metadata

Primary Vendor: GETCOMPOSER
Published: 10/5/2021
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

getcomposer : composergetcomposer : composertenable : tenable.sc

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2021-41116. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2021-41116

View on NIST NVD

CVE-2021-41116 vulnerability