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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-38364

An issue was discovered in ONOS 2.5.1. There is an incorrect comparison of flow rules installed by intents. A remote attacker can install or remove a new intent, and consequently modify or delete the existing flow rules related to other intents.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:10 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-38364

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Apr 2023, 13:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in ONOS 2.5.1. There is an incorrect comparison of flow rules installed by intents. A remote attacker can install or remove a new intent, and consequently modify or delete the existing flow rules related to other intents.

osv:CVE-2021-38364
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38364",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in ONOS 2.5.1. There is an incorrect comparison of flow rules installed by intents. A remote attacker can install or remove a new intent, and consequently modify or delete the existing flow rules related to other intents.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-38364",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.656960551Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://opennetworking.org/onos/",
        "https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-285_kim-jiwon.pdf"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437043,
  "published_at": "2023-04-20T13:15:06.827+00:00"
}