CVE-2021-38901
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1, under special configurations, could allow a local...
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1, under special configurations, could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209610.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1, under special configurations, could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209610.
- Record
CVE-2021-38901- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/A:N/PR:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/AV:L/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25338
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1, under special configurations, could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209610.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25338- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:H/A:N/PR:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/AV:L/UI:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qf83-36x6-5fv9 No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1, under special configurations, could allow a local...
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1, under special configurations, could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209610.
- Record
GHSA-qf83-36x6-5fv9- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1, under special configurations, could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209610.
- Record
CVE-2021-38901- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38901 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center, published December 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.