CVE-2021-41303
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 49.3%Apache Shiro vulnerable to a specially crafted HTTP request causing an authentication bypass
Published: 9/20/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Apache Shiro before 1.8.0, when using Apache Shiro with Spring Boot, a specially crafted HTTP request may cause an authentication bypass. Users should update to Apache Shiro 1.8.0.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/shirofrom 0
- Maven/org.apache.shiro:shiro-corefrom 0, < 1.8.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41303
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41303
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raae98bb934e4bde304465896ea02d9798e257e486d04a42221e2c41b@%3Cuser.shiro.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re470be1ffea44bca28ccb0e67a4cf5d744e2d2b981d00fdbbf5abc13%40%3Cannounce.shiro.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220609-0001
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html