Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2021 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2021-38950

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in MQ for HPE NonStop 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 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.4High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM MQ on HPE NonStop 8.0.4 and 8.1.0 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack when SharedBindingsUserId is set to effective. IBM X-ForceID: 211404.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	MQ for HPE NonStop	8.1.08.0.4

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525810 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-mq-cve202138950-priv-escalation (211404) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF