CVE-2021-38951 HIGH

CVE-2021-38951

Vendor Ibm
Product WebSphere Application Server
Published December 9, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/S:U/PR:N/C:N/AC:L/I:N/A:H/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 211405.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 9, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated