01 Record
CVE-2021-38899
IBM Cloud Pak for Data 2.5 could allow a local user with special privileges to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209575.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/S:U/A:N/UI:N/I:N/AC:L/AV:L/PR:H/C:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
02 Description
IBM Cloud Pak for Data 2.5 could allow a local user with special privileges to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209575.
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
- 0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 19.4% 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: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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-09-20 16:45Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/S:U/A:N/UI:N/I:N/AC:L/AV:L/PR:H/C:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7162358fe945ae21eaf90cc1a15f7bf712715d96d19a6bb86a0f4661e4065ae4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6490435
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-cp4d-cve202138899-info-disc (209575)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209575