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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/PR:L/AV:N/S:U/C:N/AC:H/A:N/UI:N/I:H/RC:C/E:U/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-942p-539x-69rq

## 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: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring

- [CVE-2022-42438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42438/): IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring privilege escalation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-43191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43191/): IBM ManageIQ command execution (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2021-20341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20341/): Information disclosure in Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-46175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46175/): IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management information disclosure (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38941 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38941/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38941/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38941
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38941
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38941

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38941/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.