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01 Record

CVE-2021-38923

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1010 could allow a privileged user to gain access to another VM due to assigning duplicate WWPNs. IBM X-Force ID: 210162.

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score8.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/S:C/UI:N/PR:H/AC:H/I:H/A:H/AV:N/C:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C

02 Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1010 could allow a privileged user to gain access to another VM due to assigning duplicate WWPNs. IBM X-Force ID: 210162.

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
1.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 64.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-10-06 17:50Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:18Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-16
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/S:C/UI:N/PR:H/AC:H/I:H/A:H/AV:N/C:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
114f9dacb0b3f3b389e281abcc0b5ec89c0cbf97536d6261dd1508d906945f49

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMPowerVM HypervisorFW1010—

06 References