Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-43779
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43779",
"method": "structured",
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"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.",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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"versions": [
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"2.7.0",
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"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"
],
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"evidence": "/id"
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"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"
}