{
    "id": "CVE-2021-38648",
    "published": "2021-09-15 12:15:15",
    "last_modified": "2026-08-10 20:15:31",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability",
    "epss_score": "0.11424",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95866",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2021-11-17",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:30",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2021-11-17."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "azure_automation_state_configuration"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "azure_automation_update_management"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "azure_diagnostics_\\(lad\\)"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "azure_open_management_infrastructure"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "azure_security_center"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "azure_sentinel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "azure_stack_hub"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "container_monitoring_solution"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "log_analytics_agent"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "open_management_infrastructure"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "system_center_operations_manager"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2021-38648",
        "date_added": "2021-11-03",
        "due_date": "2021-11-17",
        "vendor": "Microsoft",
        "product": "Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)",
        "name": "Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38648",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164925/Microsoft-OMI-Management-Interface-Authentication-Bypass.html",
        "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38648",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38648"
    ]
}