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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-36795

CVE-2021-36795

Description

A permission issue in the Cohesity Linux agent may allow privilege escalation in version 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1. An underprivileged linux user, if certain environment criteria are met, can gain additional privileges.

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Affected products

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  • Cohesity/Linux Agent4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.5.1b,<=6.5.1d
    • cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:6.5.1d:hotfix10:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cohesity:linux_agent:6.6.0b:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 6.5.1b to 6.5.1d-hotfix10, 6.6.0a to 6.6.0b-hotfix1
  • Cohesity/Linux agentdescription

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