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Critical, CVSS 9.1

Magento has a file extension restrictions bypass

CVE-2021-36040GHSA-2pq5-gpqf-g4r3

What to do

Partial vendor fix. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • Packagist magento/project-community-edition

    Affected
    <= 2.0.2
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

  • Packagist magento/community-edition

    Affected
    >= 2.4.2, <= 2.4.2>= 2.4.2-p1, < 2.4.2-p2>= 2.3.7, <= 2.3.7< 2.3.7-p1
    Fixed in
    2.3.7-p1, 2.4.2-p2

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
9.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2021-36040: 2.87% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 86.80 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability. An attacker with admin privileges can upload a specially crafted file to bypass file extension restrictions and could lead to remote code execution.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-2pq5-gpqf-g4r3

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2021-36040

Advisory: Magento has a file extension restrictions bypass
IDs: CVE-2021-36040, GHSA-2pq5-gpqf-g4r3
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2021-36040 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.1)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Partial vendor fix; fixed versions by package: magento/community-edition 2.4.2-p2, 2.3.7-p1. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist magento/project-community-edition: affected <= 2.0.2
- Packagist magento/community-edition: affected >= 2.4.2, <= 2.4.2; >= 2.4.2-p1, < 2.4.2-p2; >= 2.3.7, <= 2.3.7; < 2.3.7-p1; fixed in 2.3.7-p1, 2.4.2-p2

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist magento/project-community-edition: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Packagist magento/community-edition: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on magento/project-community-edition, magento/community-edition.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pq5-gpqf-g4r3 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-2pq5-gpqf-g4r3 lists affected ranges: Packagist magento/project-community-edition >=0 =2.4.2 =2.4.2-p1 =2.3.7 =0 <2.3.7-p1)

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