Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This issue lets an authenticated Odoo administrator read files from the server, including sensitive configuration files. The main business risk is exposure of secrets, database credentials, or operational configuration rather than broad unauthenticated compromise.
Executive priority
Treat as a near-term remediation item for Odoo environments, especially where admin access is broadly assigned or internet-reachable. It is not documented here as actively exploited, but the potential secret exposure can affect downstream systems.
Technical view
CVE-2021-44476 is a sandboxing weakness in Odoo Community and Enterprise 15.0 and earlier. The CVSS vector is network-accessible, low complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, with high confidentiality impact and low integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Odoo Community or Enterprise 15.0 or earlier are the relevant exposure group. Internet-facing administration, shared admin accounts, or weak administrator governance increase practical risk.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not cite CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. Available evidence says exploitation requires authenticated administrator access, though the CVSS vector records low privileges, so privilege assumptions should be verified.
Researcher notes
The source bundle names a sandboxing issue and CWE-267, but does not include patch version details. Note the tension between the narrative requiring administrators and CVSS PR:L; validate against vendor advisory context before scoring locally.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Odoo Community and Enterprise instances and confirm versions.
- Check Odoo and Debian guidance for fixed packages or supported upgrade paths.
- Restrict administrator access to trusted users and networks.
- Review and reduce standing administrator privileges.
- Rotate secrets if sensitive configuration exposure is suspected.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any Odoo instance is version 15.0 or earlier.
- Check package status against Odoo and Debian advisory information.
- Review administrator accounts, recent role changes, and access logs.
- Look for unusual reads of configuration or local server files.
- Verify exposed secrets are rotated after suspected access.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N2.84.2Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.8MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/odoo/odoo/issues/107684CVE reference
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5399CVE reference
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Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
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