CVE-2021-38941 Privilege escalation in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Privileged containers in IBM Cloud Pak allow host information leakage or destruction if unauthorized access enables arbitrary command execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-38941?

CVE-2021-38941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring, published on 30 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM CloudPak for Multicloud Monitoring 2.0 and 2.3 has a few containers running in privileged mode which is vulnerable to host information leakage or destruction if unauthorized access to these containers could execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 211048.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38941?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38941?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-38941 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38941 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-942p-539x-69rq.

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