CVE-2021-38951

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211405
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524674
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211405
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524674

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