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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-32095

U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Emissary 5.9.0 allows an authenticated user to delete arbitrary files.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-32095

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 May 2021, 04:15 UTC

U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Emissary 5.9.0 allows an authenticated user to delete arbitrary files.

osv:CVE-2021-32095
Complete source record
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  "id": "7e727674d1dbdb4ec5e5198fec16bab92962ea7b07546271e13de30682843fa5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32095",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-32095",
    "summary": "U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Emissary 5.9.0 allows an authenticated user to delete arbitrary files.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-32095",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-32095",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-32095"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/nationalsecurityagency/emissary",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5edf9717ac66548ac161b4ae3657235c87aec62a"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5edf9717ac66548ac161b4ae3657235c87aec62a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nsa:emissary:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.9.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.9.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.9.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-32095.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:27.461005379Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.sonarsource.com/code-vulnerabilities-in-nsa-application-revealed",
        "https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/nsa-workflow-application-emissary-vulnerable-to-malicious-takeover"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-32095",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431836,
  "published_at": "2021-05-07T04:15:07.2+00:00"
}