CVE-2021-38873

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

1.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 75.9% 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:N/UI:R/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

2021-11-24 16:15Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 02:06Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-16

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

18cae1ac1c9ca5b28679b1e5f674ebe6c1285c9910cff250d7f2fe58a8409715

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6517470x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-planning-cve202138873-code-exec (208396)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208396vdb-entryx_refsource_XF