CVE-2021-33505

HIGH

Falco <0.29.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A local malicious user can circumvent the Falco detection engine through 0.28.1 by running a program that alters arguments of system calls being executed. Issue is fixed in Falco versions >= 0.29.1.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/pull/1675

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 26.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
falco/falco < 0.28.1
Published Jul 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026