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01 Record

CVE-2021-38969

IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 could allow an attacker to allow unauthorized access due to the reuse of support generated credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 212609.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:U/A:L/AC:H/I:L/PR:N/AV:N/C:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
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02 Description

IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 could allow an attacker to allow unauthorized access due to the reuse of support generated credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 212609.

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
0.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 53.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2022-05-11 16:10Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 04:29Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-16
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:U/A:L/AC:H/I:L/PR:N/AV:N/C:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
Weaknesses
  • CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f18473620e96c915d41c2e496fe231bde9688cdccf1fc77ce6b2fc38d23c6618

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSpectrum Virtualize8.4, 8.3, 8.2—

06 References