CVE-2021-43171
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper verification of applications' cryptographic signatures in the /e/OS app store client App Lounge before 0.19q allows attackers in control of the application server to install malicious applications on user's systems by altering the server's API response.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe /e/OS App Lounge app store client before version 0.19q fails to properly verify cryptographic signatures of applications, allowing an attacker who controls the application server to inject malicious applications by altering the API response.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 0.19qCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate App Lounge on the deviceOpen Settings > Apps > App Lounge, or use adb shell pm list packages | grep 'app lounge' to find the package, then check its version via adb shell dumpsys package foundation.e.app.lounge | grep versionNameAffected if App Lounge is installed on the device
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Determine installed versionRead the version number displayed in the app's Settings > About section, or from the adb command output in step 1Affected if The version displayed is any version number less than 0.19q (such as 0.19p, 0.19o, or earlier)
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Confirm vulnerability scopeThe vulnerability exists in all versions prior to 0.19q regardless of configuration. The flaw is in the signature verification logic itself, not an optional feature.Affected if The installed version is 0.19q or later - the issue only affects versions before 0.19q
If App Lounge is installed and its version is any build earlier than 0.19q, the device is affected by CVE-2021-43171.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped0.19q
Update App Lounge to version 0.19q or later, which contains proper cryptographic signature verification for installed applications.
App Lounge version 0.19q
- Open the Settings application on the /e/OS device
- Navigate to System > About Phone > Software Update (or similar path depending on /e/OS version)
- Check for and install any available system updates
- Alternatively, download and reinstall App Lounge version 0.19q or later from the official /e/OS repository or F-Droid
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2021-43171 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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