Security advisory

{
  "id": "4876ba7c0ca3fecb7f1fef639911fc3862a9688313be6bb26e73d8496f50302c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38557",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-38557",
    "summary": "raspap-webgui in RaspAP 2.6.6 allows attackers to execute commands as root because of the insecure sudoers permissions. The www-data account can execute /etc/raspap/hostapd/enablelog.sh as root with no password; however, the www-data account can also overwrite /etc/raspap/hostapd/enablelog.sh with any executable content.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-38557",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-38557",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-38557",
        "GHSA-536p-4pcj-5mr9"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/raspap/raspap-webgui",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "04fc73326bdbafe02b0312eb09097cb5eb5277de"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "04fc73326bdbafe02b0312eb09097cb5eb5277de"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:raspap:raspap:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.6.6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.6.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.6.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38557.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:25.063040114Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/RaspAP/raspap-webgui/blob/fabc48c7daae4013b9888f266332e510b196a062/installers/raspap.sudoers",
        "https://github.com/RaspAP/raspap-webgui",
        "https://zerosecuritypenetrationtesting.com/?page_id=306"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:raspap:raspap:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "raspap:raspap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.6.6"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.6.6"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-38557",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442135,
  "published_at": "2021-08-24T13:15:14.513+00:00"
}