CVE-2021-38198

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

0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 38.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2021-08-08 19:28Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 01:37Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a40d9bdd84ba3284c3f34756cdada373de4ac1441df0f98f4c4c93eea9c93efb

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1bd5cba3306691c771d558e94baa73e8b0b96b7x_refsource_MISC
• cdn.kernel.orghttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.11x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211015 [SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST