01 Record
CVE-2021-38972
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:N/UI:N/C:N/S:U/AC:L/I:L/PR:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
02 Description
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the
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
- 0.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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
- 2021-11-12 15:20Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 01:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:N/UI:N/C:N/S:U/AC:L/I:L/PR:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ef45055b8e7919fc3c11f6a35fe147b58e2f96a886ba9a96f74f633c0f156910
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6515530
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-tivoli-cve202138972-input-validation (212775)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212775