CVE-2021-38648
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Required action
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38648
Description
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:CExploitation Context
as of October 13, 2026- CISA added CVE-2021-38648 to the KEV catalog 49 days after its CVE record was published.
- It is one of 390 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 83 added in 2021.
- Its current EPSS score (11.4%) is higher than that of 28% of CISA KEV entries.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Automation State Configuration, DSC Extension | 2.0.0 to <DSC Agent versions: 2.71.1.25, 2.70.0.30, 3.0.0.3 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Automation Update Management | 1.0.0 to <OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Diagnostics (LAD) | 3.0.0 to <LAD v4.0.13 and LAD v3.0.135 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Security Center | 1.0.0 to <OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Sentinel | 1.0.0 to <OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Stack Hub | 1.0.0 to <Monitor, Update and Config Mgmnt 1.14.01 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Container Monitoring Solution | 1.0.0 to <publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Log Analytics Agent | 1.0.0 to <OMS Agent for Linux GA v1.13.40-0 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure | 16.0 to <OMI Version 1.6.8-1 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) | 1.0.0 to <OMI version: 1.6.8-1 |
References
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