CVE-2021-38990

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

0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 21.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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.

Published

2022-01-07 17:55Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 18:38Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-16

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e4c331ee1c2631e201cdb3e0762c6a89cfad2a7cca427b67b8165ccbbe093f52

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6515496x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6538700x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-aix-cve202138990-code-exec (212952)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212952vdb-entryx_refsource_XF