CVE-2021-20740

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-20740 · Published 28/06/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-20740 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting virtual file platform (hitachi).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 5.5.3-09, 6.4.3-09 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
virtual file platform hitachi	`< 5.5.3-09< 6.4.3-09`	`5.5.3-096.4.3-09`

Description

Hitachi Virtual File Platform Versions prior to 5.5.3-09 and Versions prior to 6.4.3-09, and NEC Storage M Series NAS Gateway Nh4a/Nh8a versions prior to FOS 5.5.3-08(NEC2.5.4a) and Nh4b/Nh8b, Nh4c/Nh8c versions prior to FOS 6.4.3-08(NEC3.4.2) allow remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges via unspecified vectors.

References

jpn.nec.com/security-info/secinfo/nv21-011.html · Vendor Advisory
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN21298724/index.html · Third Party Advisory
hitachi.co.jp/products/it/storage-solutions/global/sec_info/2021/2021_306.html · Vendor Advisory

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