CVE-2021-38891

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.69% (52nd) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 1.0 and 6.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 209508.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/PR:N/S:U/AC:H/UI:N/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-326USprimary

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Connect:Direct Web Services≤ 1.0enisa_euvdEU
IBM Connect:Direct Web Services≤ 6.0enisa_euvdEU
ibm sterling connect:direct6.0.0 → 6.2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_connect\:direct:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-11-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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