CVE-2021-38971
IBM Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.3 could allow an...
IBM Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.3 could allow an authorized user to bypass data masking rules and obtain sensitve information. IBM X-Force ID: 212620.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- 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 Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.3 could allow an authorized user to bypass data masking rules and obtain sensitve information. IBM X-Force ID: 212620.
- Record
CVE-2021-38971- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/I:N/UI:N/AC:L/PR:H/C:H/AV:N/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25408
IBM Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.3 could allow an authorized user to bypass data masking rules and obtain sensitve information. IBM X-Force ID: 212620.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25408- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/I:N/UI:N/AC:L/PR:H/C:H/AV:N/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j4x5-q399-5w69
IBM Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.3 could allow an...
IBM Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.3 could allow an authorized user to bypass data masking rules and obtain sensitve information. IBM X-Force ID: 212620.
- Record
GHSA-j4x5-q399-5w69- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Data Virtualization on Cloud Pak for Data 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.3 could allow an authorized user to bypass data masking rules and obtain sensitve information. IBM X-Force ID: 212620.
- Record
CVE-2021-38971- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - 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-2021-38971 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Ibm Data Virtualization On Cloud Pak For Data, published March 14, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.