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Vulnerability details: VCID-w3hp-78sw-hfa4
Vulnerability ID VCID-w3hp-78sw-hfa4
Aliases CVE-2021-22880
GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.2
Risk 2.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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
System Score Found at
epss 0.02599 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-22880
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22880-possible-dos-vulnerability-in-active-record-postgresql-adapter/77129
generic_textual HIGH https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22880-possible-dos-vulnerability-in-active-record-postgresql-adapter/77129
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rails/rails
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2021-22880.yml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2021-22880.yml
cvssv3 5.3 https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/ZzUqCh9vyhI
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/ZzUqCh9vyhI
generic_textual HIGH https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/ZzUqCh9vyhI
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://hackerone.com/reports/1023899
generic_textual HIGH https://hackerone.com/reports/1023899
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO5OJ3F4ZL3UXVLJO6ECANRVZBNRS2IH
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO5OJ3F4ZL3UXVLJO6ECANRVZBNRS2IH
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3NS4IBYE2I3MVMGAHFZBZBIZGHXHT3
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3NS4IBYE2I3MVMGAHFZBZBIZGHXHT3
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22880
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22880
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0009
generic_textual HIGH https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0009
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4929
generic_textual HIGH https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4929
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-22880
https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22880-possible-dos-vulnerability-in-active-record-postgresql-adapter/77129
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2021-22880.yml
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/ZzUqCh9vyhI
https://hackerone.com/reports/1023899
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO5OJ3F4ZL3UXVLJO6ECANRVZBNRS2IH
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO5OJ3F4ZL3UXVLJO6ECANRVZBNRS2IH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3NS4IBYE2I3MVMGAHFZBZBIZGHXHT3
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3NS4IBYE2I3MVMGAHFZBZBIZGHXHT3/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22880
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0009
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0009/
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4929
GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22880-possible-dos-vulnerability-in-active-record-postgresql-adapter/77129
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/rails/rails
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2021-22880.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/ZzUqCh9vyhI
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://hackerone.com/reports/1023899
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO5OJ3F4ZL3UXVLJO6ECANRVZBNRS2IH
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3NS4IBYE2I3MVMGAHFZBZBIZGHXHT3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22880
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0009
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4929
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85868
EPSS Score 0.02599
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T22:07:57.490335+00:00 EPSS Importer Import https://epss.cyentia.com/epss_scores-current.csv.gz 38.6.0