Exploited· due 2021-11-177.8highHigh
CVE-2021-38648
Microsoft Azure Automation State Configuration
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Exploitation status
- CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
- US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2021-11-17. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA’s wording, unedited.
What the metrics mean
- It is requires local access to the machine.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Assigned by
- secure@microsoft.com
Dates
- Published
- 2021-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-08-10
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2021-11-17
- Sources
- CISA KEV, NVD
Affected products
- Microsoft Azure Automation State Configurationall versions
- Microsoft Azure Automation Update Managementall versions
- Microsoft Azure Diagnostics \(Lad\)all versions
- Microsoft Azure Open Management Infrastructureall versions
- Microsoft Azure Security Centerall versions
- Microsoft Azure Sentinelall versions
- Microsoft Azure Stack Huball versions
- Microsoft Container Monitoring Solutionall versions
- Microsoft Log Analytics Agentall versions
- Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure- 1.6.8-1
- Microsoft System Center Operations Managerall versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38648
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164925/Microsoft-OMI-Management-Interface-Authentication-Bypass.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38648
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38648