CVE record · CVE-2021-3956

Incorrect authorization in Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC)

CVSS 4.3 MediumEPSS 0.0079 · 56th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: lenovo) at 18 May 2022, 16:10 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Lenovo	XClarity Controller (XCC)	affected various Third Quarter 2021 releases

Identifiers: CVE-2021-3956
CNA: lenovo
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
Tags: Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC)
Broken access control
Published: 18 May 2022
Updated: 3 Aug 2024

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.3	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	CNA (lenovo)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0079, the 56th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 May 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-72074

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