Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2021 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2021-38882

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Spectrum Scale from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.1.1 could allow a privileged admin to destroy filesystem audit logging records before expiration time. IBM X-Force ID: 209164.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Spectrum Scale	5.1.05.1.1.1

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516426 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-specturm-cve202138882-file-manipulation (209164) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF