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CVE-2021-21703

HIGHPOCPHP
score
<0.1
cvss
7.8
epss
1.4%
published
2021-10-25
kev added
—
first seen

PHP versions 7.3.x up to 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25, and 8.0.x below 8.0.12 contain a privilege escalation caused by shared memory access in PHP FPM when main process runs as root and child processes run as lower-privileged users, letting local attackers escalate privileges, exploit requires local access to PHP FPM processes.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2021-10-25 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxT2026-10-21 — Public PoCXscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 1.4%2026-09-23: epss 1.4%2026-09-24: epss 1.4%2026-09-25: epss 1.4%2026-09-26: epss 1.4%2026-09-27: epss 1.4%2026-09-28: epss 1.4%2026-09-29: epss 1.4%2026-09-30: epss 1.4%2026-10-01: epss 1.4%2026-10-02: epss 1.4%2026-10-03: epss 1.4%2026-10-04: epss 1.4%2026-10-05: epss 1.4%2026-10-06: epss 1.4%2026-10-07: epss 1.4%2026-10-08: epss 1.4%2026-10-09: epss 1.4%2026-10-10: epss 1.4%2026-10-11: epss 1.4%2026-10-12: epss 1.4%2026-10-13: epss 1.4%2026-10-14: epss 1.4%2026-10-15: epss 1.4%2026-10-16: epss 1.4%2026-10-18: epss 1.4%2026-10-19: epss 1.4%2026-10-20: epss 1.4%2026-10-21: epss 1.4%1.4%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx
  3. Public PoC

Exploit availability

Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.

Weaknesses

CWE-284 CWE-787

References 12