CVE-2021-38999
IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of...
IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.
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 MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.
- Record
CVE-2021-38999- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:N/S:U/PR:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25436
IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25436- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:N/S:U/PR:N/AC:H/AV:L/C:H/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2x6g-9jmv-rxr5 No score
IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of...
IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.
- Record
GHSA-2x6g-9jmv-rxr5- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM MQ Appliance could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information by inclusion of sensitive data within trace.
- Record
CVE-2021-38999- 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-2021-38999 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Ibm Mq Appliance, published November 30, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.