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Vulnerability details: VCID-2a6z-dfqf-5ycb
Vulnerability ID VCID-2a6z-dfqf-5ycb
Aliases CVE-2021-36373
GHSA-q5r4-cfpx-h6fh
Summary Uncontrolled Resource Consumption When reading a specially crafted TAR archive an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-36373.json
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ant.apache.org/security.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://ant.apache.org/security.html
epss 0.00083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00083 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q5r4-cfpx-h6fh
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a@%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a@%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6@%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6@%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36373
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36373
archlinux Low https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2151
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-36373.json
https://ant.apache.org/security.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-36373
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-36373
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a@%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6@%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
1982336 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982336
ASA-202107-43 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202107-43
AVG-2151 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2151
CVE-2021-36373 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36373
GHSA-q5r4-cfpx-h6fh https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q5r4-cfpx-h6fh
RHSA-2022:5903 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5903
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-36373.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ant.apache.org/security.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27919fd4db07c487239c1d9771f480d89ce5ee2750aa9447309b709a@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r544c9e8487431768465b8b2d13982c75123109bd816acf839d46010d@%3Ccommits.groovy.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54afdab05e01de970649c2d91a993f68a6b00cd73e6e34e16c832d46%40%3Cuser.ant.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad36f470647c5a7c02dd78c9973356d2840766d132b597b6444e373a@%3Cnotifications.groovy.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4bb79751a02889623195715925e4fd8932dd3c97e0ade91395a96c6@%3Cdev.myfaces.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36373
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0007
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.24279
EPSS Score 0.00083
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:48:35.683408+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.ant/ant/CVE-2021-36373.yml 38.0.0