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01 Record

CVE-2021-38882

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.1.1 could allow a privileged admin to destroy filesystem audit logging records before expiration time. IBM X-Force ID: 209164.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/C:N/AV:L/S:U/A:N/AC:L/I:H/PR:H/UI:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U

02 Description

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.1.1 could allow a privileged admin to destroy filesystem audit logging records before expiration time. IBM X-Force ID: 209164.

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 14.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-11-16 16:55Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 23:15Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-16
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/C:N/AV:L/S:U/A:N/AC:L/I:H/PR:H/UI:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8aaa4277124f12d0a381e2e37c398d15c868553b9f3f6f26c50c52194b8c9dd3

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Scale5.1.0, 5.1.1.1—

06 References