CVE-2021-38645
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-38645- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25084
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-25084- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-727j-58h7-43f5
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from...
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-38648, CVE-2021-38649.
- Record
GHSA-727j-58h7-43f5- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) within Azure VM Management Extensions contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2021-38645- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-38645- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-38645- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft open management infrastructure
- microsoft azure automation state configuration, dsc extension
- microsoft azure automation update management
- microsoft azure diagnostics (lad)
- microsoft azure security center
- microsoft azure sentinel
- microsoft azure stack hub
- microsoft azure automation state configuration
- microsoft azure diagnostics \(lad\)
- microsoft container monitoring solution
- microsoft log analytics agent
- microsoft open management infrastructure (omi)
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38645 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure, published September 15, 2021. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since November 3, 2021. EUVD reports exploitation since November 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.73%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.