Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2021-38645 · Published 15/09/2021 · updated 10/08/2026

Microsoft Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 03/11/2021. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
open management infrastructure microsoft	`< 1.6.8-1`	`1.6.8-1`

Description

Open Management Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38645 · Patch
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38645 · Patch
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2021-38645

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