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CVE-2021-31166

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2021-311664 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 71 = 40 + 19 + 1 + 5 + 6

rank@v1 · act now

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.99772 · CISA KEV listed  ·  without this subject the record ranks 31

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 7.5, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 52

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2025-11-21  ·  without this subject the record ranks 70

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

4 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 66

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

CISA remediation date held  ·  without this subject the record ranks 65

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$4.98Mover the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement+$1.84Mon 2022-03-17, the last material move, 4 years, 5 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$4.98M = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.99772 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.99772EPSSKEV · LISTED
Severity9.8 CRITICALreceipt
Harmtotal loss · unauthenticatedreceipt
Exploitationin the wild · KEVreceipt
Defensefix version namedreceipt
Movementdoubled within 72hreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2023-03-07, 1277 days at 1.00, as of 2026-09-04. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

Microsoft WindowsMozilla FirefoxVMware ESXiCVE-2013-2551Microsoft WindowsPulse Connect31166

This record is one instance of CWE-416, use after free. The index holds 8701 prior instances of this class, 106 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Severity score
Microsoft9.8 CRITICALreceipt
NVD7.5 HIGHreceipt
Scoring standard
MicrosoftCVSS v3.1receipt
NVDCVSS v2.0receipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · no user interaction · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-416 Use After Freereceipt
Published consequencesCWE-416: Integrity: Modify Memory; Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; Confidentiality: Read Memory; Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands[email protected]
Ransomware campaign useUnknown to CISAreceipt

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed in10.0.19041.982; 10.0.19042.982receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
CISA remediation statusoverdue since 2022-04-27receipt
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.receipt
Published to CISA KEV330 daysderived

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2022-04-06.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 10 public repositories2021-05-16receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed2022-04-06receipt
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA9.8 CRITICALreceipt
CVSS, NVD7.5 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.99772 · top 0.04% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth3 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned bymicrosoftreceipt
Recorded changes66 · last 9 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 2004; Microsoft Windows Server version 2004; Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2; Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2receipt
Published rangesmicrosoft windows 10 2004 < 10.0.19041.982; microsoft windows 10 20h2 < 10.0.19042.982; microsoft windows server 2004 < 10.0.19041.982; microsoft windows server 20h2 < 10.0.19042.982receipt
Fixed in10.0.19041.982; 10.0.19042.982receipt

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What it is stated by the CNA

HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
weakness
CWE-416
affected versions
microsoft windows 10 2004 < 10.0.19041.982; microsoft windows 10 20h2 < 10.0.19042.982; microsoft windows server 2004 < 10.0.19041.982; and 1 more, listed in full below
also scored by
[email protected] 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · [email protected] 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The CNA scored it 9.8 and NVD 7.5. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

check it yourself portal.msrc.microsoft.com packetstormsecurity.com receipt

Dated events

2021-05-15EPSS moved 0.01 to 0.102022-03-17EPSS moved 0.48 to 0.842022-04-06Added to CISA KEV2022-04-27CISA remediation due2026-06-15EPSS moved 0.93 to 1.00

Movement the material steps

12 May 20210.00918
17 May 20210.32208 · crossed 0.10
4 Feb 20220.47552
17 Mar 20220.84444 · crossed 0.50
7 Mar 20230.97357 · crossed 0.90 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.93043 · scoring model v2025.03.14
15 Jun 20260.99657 · scoring model v2026.06.15
29 Aug 20260.99772

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 52 observations
12 May 20210.00918
15 May 20210.09575
17 May 20210.32208
21 May 20210.41682
4 Feb 20220.47552
17 Mar 20220.84444
1 Apr 20220.85478
7 Mar 20230.97357
14 Mar 20230.97370
28 Mar 20230.97389
26 Apr 20230.97360
8 May 20230.97265
7 Jun 20230.97128
21 Jun 20230.97151
5 Jul 20230.97334
8 Jul 20230.97344
3 Aug 20230.97315
15 Aug 20230.97258
31 Aug 20230.97361
12 Sep 20230.97369
24 Oct 20230.97340
7 Nov 20230.97230
20 Nov 20230.97259
16 Dec 20230.97293
30 Dec 20230.97292
25 Jan 20240.97271
2 Apr 20240.97322
13 Jun 20240.97319
12 Jul 20240.97346
12 Aug 20240.97244
13 Sep 20240.97159
28 Sep 20240.97125
14 Oct 20240.97173
18 Nov 20240.97216
6 Dec 20240.97222
17 Dec 20240.96074
8 Jan 20250.96129
17 Mar 20250.93043
17 Jul 20250.92962
19 Oct 20250.93043
22 Oct 20250.93069
18 Nov 20250.90294
21 Nov 20250.9363
24 Nov 20250.93069
24 Mar 20260.92989
19 Apr 20260.93069
15 Jun 20260.99657
26 Jun 20260.99647
1 Jul 20260.99718
8 Jul 20260.99647
9 Jul 20260.99657
29 Aug 20260.99772

52 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.99772Published2021-05-11Public PoC2021-05-16CISA KEV2022-04-06Index as of2026-09-04

Listed by CISA 330 days after it published, exploit probability more than doubled between 2021-05-12 and 2021-05-15 (0.00918 → 0.09575) and the record had been public for 5 years, 3 months when this index was last written.

Published 2021-05-11 receipt · Public PoC 2021-05-16 receipt · CISA KEV 2022-04-06 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-04 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-416, use after free. The index holds 8701 prior instances of this class, 106 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2019-0708 · Microsoft Windowsmatches 9 of 9KEV listed · 2019receipt
CVE-2024-9680 · Mozilla Firefoxmatches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2024receipt
CVE-2020-3992 · VMware ESXimatches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2020receipt
CVE-2013-2551matches 7 of 8KEV listed · 2013receipt
CVE-2025-29824 · Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507matches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2025receipt
CVE-2021-22893 · Pulse Connect Securematches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2021receipt

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8701 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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