CVE-2021-39537
HighAdvisory
Published 20 Sept 2021In the index since 5 Sept 2026
- Severity
- High
- worst across findings
- CVSS
- 8.8
- base score, highest
- EPSS
- 0.032
- 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- no confirmed exploitation
- Charts affected
- 572
- of 17,787 indexed, latest versions
- Container images
- 509
- deployed by those charts
- Fix available
- 3 of 3
- affected packages
Security update for ncurses
Carried by container images the latest versions of 572 of 17,787 indexed charts deploy, on 509 images.
| Affected package | Affected versions | Fixed in | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| ncursesdeb | 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1, 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1, 6.1-1ubuntu1, 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04+1 more | 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2, 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2, 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1, 6.2-0ubuntu2.1 | 385 |
| ncursesapk | 6.2_p20200523-r0 | 6.2_p20200523-r1 | 123 |
| ncursesrpm | 6.1-5.6.2 | 6.1-5.9.1 | 1 |
- OSV records
- ALPINE-CVE-2021-39537UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39537SUSE-SU-2021:3490-1
- Also known as
- USN-5477-1, USN-6099-1
Charts affected
572 by stars
Container images carrying it
509 by charts deploying them
A fixed version is listed for 3 of the 3 affected packages.
| Container image | Digest | Package | Fixed in | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| public.ecr.aws/ | 573779e57fae | ncurses | 6.2-0ubuntu2.1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 5d25d47d6e17 | ncurses | 6.2_p20200523-r1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | a2d3a4c67b0f | ncurses | 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | eaa71a8cadef | ncurses | 6.2_p20200523-r1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | a1c3843b03bc | ncurses | 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 9b052fbb046f | ncurses | 6.2_p20200523-r1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | c6a934439421 | ncurses | 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | cad83090c58f | ncurses | 6.2_p20200523-r1 | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | f6385712935f | ncurses | 6.2-0ubuntu2.1 | 1 |