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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-45101

An issue was discovered in HTCondor before 8.8.15, 9.0.x before 9.0.4, and 9.1.x before 9.1.2. Using standard command-line tools, a user with only READ access to an HTCondor SchedD or Collector daemon can discover secrets that could allow them to control other users' jobs and/or read their data.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-45101

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Dec 2021, 05:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in HTCondor before 8.8.15, 9.0.x before 9.0.4, and 9.1.x before 9.1.2. Using standard command-line tools, a user with only READ access to an HTCondor SchedD or Collector daemon can discover secrets that could allow them to control other users' jobs and/or read their data.

osv:CVE-2021-45101
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-45101",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-45101",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in HTCondor before 8.8.15, 9.0.x before 9.0.4, and 9.1.x before 9.1.2. Using standard command-line tools, a user with only READ access to an HTCondor SchedD or Collector daemon can discover secrets that could allow them to control other users' jobs and/or read their data.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-45101",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.8.13"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wisc:htcondor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wisc:htcondor:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-45101.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.723457163Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/security/vulnerabilities/HTCONDOR-2021-0003/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-45101",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434293,
  "published_at": "2021-12-16T05:15:08.87+00:00"
}