CVE-2021-38268

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

0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 53.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-09.

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

2022-03-02 18:45Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-07-09 00:14Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-08-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1f1bc2612f970bb454052fb8824b3a13d6429db3663a54dcd67eff7c78747556

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