CVE-2021-38969 is a critical vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Virtualize versions 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4, allowing unauthorized access due to the reuse of support-generated credentials. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk as it can be exploited remotely without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_virtualize:8.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_virtualize:8.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_virtualize:8.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.