CVE-2021-38645

high

Description

Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2021-threat-landscape-retrospective

https://www.wiz.io/blog/secret-agent-exposes-azure-customers-to-unauthorized-code-execution

https://www.wiz.io/blog/omigod-critical-vulnerabilities-in-omi-azure

https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2021-38647-omigod-critical-flaw-leaves-azure-linux-vms-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38645

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38645

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Named Vulnerability: OMIGODKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.11198