CVE•Published 2021-10-11•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-29005Rconfig · Rconfig
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
76
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 24% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Insecure permission of chmod command on rConfig server 3.9.6 exists. After installing rConfig apache user may execute chmod as root without password which may let an attacker with low privilege to gain root access on server.
Timeline
Published 2021-10-11
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2021-29005Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Rconfig Rconfig" version:"3.9.6"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Rconfig"HTTP body or banner mentions "Rconfig" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-29005Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-29005Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2021-29005Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-29005GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2021-29005" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2021-29005 on GitHub.