CVE-2021-38648

HighCVSS 7.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Aug 10, 2026

Description

Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftAzure Automation State Configuration, DSC Extension>= 2.0.0, < DSC Agent versions: 2.71.1.25, 2.70.0.30, 3.0.0.3
MicrosoftAzure Automation Update Management>= 1.0.0, < OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
MicrosoftAzure Diagnostics (LAD)>= 3.0.0, < LAD v4.0.13 and LAD v3.0.135
MicrosoftAzure Security Center>= 1.0.0, < OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
MicrosoftAzure Sentinel>= 1.0.0, < OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
MicrosoftAzure Stack Hub>= 1.0.0, < Monitor, Update and Config Mgmnt 1.14.01
MicrosoftContainer Monitoring Solution>= 1.0.0, < publication
MicrosoftLog Analytics Agent>= 1.0.0, < OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0
MicrosoftOpen Management Infrastructure>= 16.0, < OMI Version 1.6.8-1
MicrosoftSystem Center Operations Manager (SCOM)>= 1.0.0, < OMI version: 1.6.8-1

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 15, 2021
Last modified
Aug 10, 2026
Added to CISA KEV
Nov 3, 2021
NVD status
Analyzed

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