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CVE-2021-38955

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands. IBM X-Force ID: 211825.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
• IBM VIOS: 3.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211825
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6560236
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211825
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6560236

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