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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-43779

GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.

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CVEs
CVE-2021-43779
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31 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-43779

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jan 2022, 19:15 UTC

GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.

osv:CVE-2021-43779
Complete source record
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  "id": "2bb7a9c39010143118f6adea0323ba4ca0a559d80ec52ed93d9ae4d983f4e0a2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43779",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-43779",
    "summary": "GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-43779",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-43779",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-43779",
        "GHSA-q5fp-xpr8-77jh"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pluginsglpi/addressing",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "f44a77e45ca4e6b164083774a757bdc7a0d9d93b"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6f55964803054a5acb5feda92c7c7f1d91ab5366"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:teclib-edition:addressing:*:*:*:*:*:glpi:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.9.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "6f55964803054a5acb5feda92c7c7f1d91ab5366"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.9.0",
            "2.8.0",
            "2.7.1",
            "2.7.0",
            "2.6.1",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.5.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-43779.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:03.948476174Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/hansmach1ne/CVE-portfolio/tree/main/CVE-2021-43779",
        "https://github.com/pluginsGLPI/addressing/commit/6f55964803054a5acb5feda92c7c7f1d91ab5366",
        "https://github.com/hansmach1ne/MyExploits/tree/main/RCE_GLPI_addressing_plugin",
        "https://github.com/pluginsGLPI/addressing/security/advisories/GHSA-q5fp-xpr8-77jh"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-43779",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386816,
  "published_at": "2022-01-05T19:15:08.627+00:00"
}