CVE-2021-38955: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a local user with elevated privileges to cause a denial of service due to a file creation vulnerability in the audit commands. IBM X-Force ID: 211825.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only
• IBM Vios: version 3.1 only

Published 2022-03-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.