Is CVE-2021-40089 being actively exploited?

CVE-2021-40089 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-40089?

CVE-2021-40089 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 2.3 (LOW).

CVE-2021-40089

LOW · CVSS 2.3EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD

An issue was discovered in PrimeKey EJBCA before 7.6.0. The General Purpose Custom Publisher, which is normally run to invoke a local script upon a publishing operation, was still able to run if the System Configuration setting Enable External Script Access was disabled. With this setting disabled it's not possible to create new such publishers, but existing publishers would continue to run.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.3 (v3.1)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS score: 0.2% (12th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2021-27278)
Published: August 25, 2021
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2021-27278 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 4, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

primekey / ejbca

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

PrimeKey EJBCA Enterprise v7.4.1.1 - PrimeKey Solutions AB - Common Criteria CSEC2019005 - archived
EJBCA, version 5.0.4 - PrimeKey Solutions AB - Common Criteria ANSSI-CC-2012/47 - archived

References

https://support.primekey.com/news/posts/54(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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