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CVE-2021-38951
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…
High7.5EPSS 1.6%
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- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.5 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Denial of Service
Affected products
IBM · WebSphere Application Server
- affected 7.0
- affected 8.0
- affected 8.5
- affected 9.0
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524674 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-websphere-cve202138951-dos (211405) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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