CVE-2021-38918

HIGH

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860, FW940, FW950, and FW1010, through a specific sequence of VM management operations could lead to a violation of the isolation between peer VMs. IBM X-Force ID: 210019.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525032
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210019

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 42.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (4)
ibm/powervm_hypervisor fw860
ibm/powervm_hypervisor fw940
ibm/powervm_hypervisor fw950
ibm/powervm_hypervisor fw1010
Published Jan 05, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026