CVE-2021-38698

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

1.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 72.7% 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:H/I:N/A:N

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

2021-09-07 11:45Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 01:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

99887b3a4c7dfb48ae25c181538fd4eb7121d109d7c0ca50c28400f21602f4fb

• www.hashicorp.comhttps://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consulx_refsource_MISC
• discuss.hashicorp.comhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-24-consul-missing-authorization-check-on-txn-apply-endpoint/29026x_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO