CVE-2021-38648

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 11%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · Metasploit · epss top5pct · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
11%
EPSS %ILE
96%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

September 15, 2021

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: microsoft, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38648
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38648
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164925/Microsoft-OMI-Management-Interface-Authentication-Bypass.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-38648(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 94× in last 7d / 398× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,285 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-08 07:56 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-08 07:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-08 03:43 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-08 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-07 23:30 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-07 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-07 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-07 19:17 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-07 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-07 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-07 15:05 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-07 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-07 10:52 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-07 10:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-07 06:39 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-07 06:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-07 02:26 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-07 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-06 22:13 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-06 22:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-06 18:00 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-06 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-06 09:34 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-06 09:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-06 05:21 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-06 05:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-06 01:08 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-06 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-05 20:53 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-05 20:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-05 16:40 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-05 16:40 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-05 16:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-05 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-05 12:27 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-05 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-05 08:13 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-05 08:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-05 04:00 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-05 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-04 23:47 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-04 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-04 19:34 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-04 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-04 17:38 UTCCISA KEV update
  26. 2026-09-04 15:21 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-04 15:21 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-04 15:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-04 13:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-04 11:09 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-04 11:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-04 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-04 06:56 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-04 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-04 05:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-04 02:40 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-04 02:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-03 22:24 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-03 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-03 18:12 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-03 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-03 13:57 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-03 13:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-03 09:42 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-03 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-03 05:29 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-03 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-03 01:12 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-03 01:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-02 20:58 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-02 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-02 17:33 UTCCISA KEV update
  53. 2026-09-02 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-09-02 16:44 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-09-02 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-02 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-09-02 12:31 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-02 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-02 08:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-02 04:02 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-02 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-01 23:47 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-01 23:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-01 19:35 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-01 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-01 15:21 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-09-01 15:21 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-01 15:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-01 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-09-01 11:09 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-01 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-01 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-09-01 06:56 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-01 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-01 03:32 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Metasploitexploit/linux/local/cve_2021_38648_omigod✓ verified
    First seen Sep 14, 2021

    Microsoft OMI Management Interface Authentication Bypass

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2021-38648?
CVE-2021-38648 is a critical vulnerability published on September 15, 2021. Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
When was CVE-2021-38648 disclosed?
CVE-2021-38648 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 15, 2021, with the most recent update on August 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-38648 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2021-38648 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI). KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-38648?
CVE-2021-38648 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2021-38648?
CVE-2021-38648 affects Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI). The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2021-38648?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-38648, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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