What is CVE-2021-38967?

CVE-2021-38967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Mq Appliance, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2021-38967?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Mq Appliance

CVE-2021-38967

IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD and 9.2 LTS could allow a local privileged user to inject and execute malicious code. IBM X-Force ID: 212441.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2021-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Mq Appliance — versions 9.2.0.0, 9.2.1, 9.2.0.1
IBM Mq Appliance — versions 9.2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6512826 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212441 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38967?: CVE-2021-38967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Mq Appliance, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2021-38967?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.