CVE-2021-20532

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 10.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-04-26 16:30Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 19:36Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-12-17

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/UI:N/I:H/S:U/A:H/AV:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

17b2f9a325547b1dd038dc15cd853ab15d6cf03ecc802d8eee7cf0044f0bb55b

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445503x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-spectrum-cve202120532-priv-escalation (198811)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198811vdb-entryx_refsource_XF