CVE-2021-38981

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

1.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 71.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (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:L/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.

Published

2021-11-15 15:35Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 04:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-16

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/I:N/S:U/A:N/PR:N/AC:L/UI:N/C:L/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-209Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive InformationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2713b4f134064ba0d2c8f99d65005b84709cb337e3e0153329917f4ecf43c35a

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516048x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-tivoli-cve202138981-info-disc (212788)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212788vdb-entryx_refsource_XF