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CVE-2021-38971

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-38971 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data versions 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1, and 1.7.3, allowing an authorized user to bypass data masking and access sensitive information. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, requiring high privileges and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.7.1, <= 1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:data_virtualization_on_cloud_pak_for_data:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:data_virtualization_on_cloud_pak_for_data:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:data_virtualization_on_cloud_pak_for_data:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:data_virtualization_on_cloud_pak_for_data:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/212620
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6551076
Vendor Advisory