CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-38645
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) within Azure VM Management Extensions contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2021-11-17
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38645
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2021-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-08-10
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected configurations
• microsoft azure automation state configuration
• microsoft azure automation update management
• microsoft azure diagnostics \(lad\)
• microsoft azure security center
• microsoft azure sentinel
• microsoft azure stack hub
• microsoft container monitoring solution
• microsoft log analytics agent
• microsoft open management infrastructure (< 1.6.8-1)
• microsoft system center operations manager
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38645 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38645 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38645 US Government Resource