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CVE-2021-38598

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-38598 is a critical vulnerability affecting OpenStack Neutron versions before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0, specifically when using the linuxbridge driver with ebtables-nft on a Netfilter-based platform. This flaw allows an attacker to impersonate hardware addresses of other systems on the network by sending crafted packets. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to denial of service or potentially traffic interception. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 16.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0.0, < 17.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:neutron:18.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: neutronFixed in: 16.4.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: neutronFixed in: 17.1.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-hvm4-mc7m-22w4high

OpenStack Neutron vulnerable to hardware address impersonation

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2021-38598Moderate

openstack-neutron: Linuxbridge ARP filter bypass on Netfilter platforms

Aug 10, 2021

References

launchpad.net / bugs/1938670
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory