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CVE-2021-41590 — In Gradle Enterprise through 2021.3, probing of the server-side network environment can occur via an SMTP configuration test

Medium CVSS 5.3

In Gradle Enterprise through 2021.3, probing of the server-side network environment can occur via an SMTP configuration test. The installation configuration user interface available to administrators allows testing the configured SMTP server settings. This test function can be used to identify the listening TCP ports available to the server, revealing information about the internal network environment.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.3 (3.1)
Published
2021-10-27
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application

Affected products

  • gradle / enterprise

Matched remediation archetype

General vulnerability remediation

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

Authoritative sources

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