{"id":"CVE-2021-38969","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-38969","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:54:30.732Z","title":"IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 could allow an attacker to allow unauthorized access due to the reuse of support generated credentials.","description":"IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4 could allow an attacker to allow unauthorized access due to the reuse of support generated credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 212609.","published":"2022-05-11T16:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:02:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["ibm/spectrum virtualize"],"epss":{"score":0.00727,"percentile":0.53869,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212609","tags":["VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6584337","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212609","tags":["VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6584337","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38969","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}