November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2021-38645 Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2021-11-17- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Open Management Infrastructure (OMI)
- EPSS
- 86.1th percentile (score 0.027, as of
2026-11-06) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38645
CISA short description
Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) within Azure VM Management Extensions contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
NVD description
Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability