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CVE-2021-38869

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-38869 is a critical vulnerability affecting IBM QRadar SIEM versions 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5, where users may not be automatically logged out after exceeding their idle timeout. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. There is no public exploit intelligence available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.3.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.3.3:fix_pack_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_security_information_and_event_manager:7.3.3:fix_pack_2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/208341
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6574787
PatchVendor Advisory