What is CVE-2021-29792?

CVE-2021-29792 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Event Streams, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-29792?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in IBM Event Streams

CVE-2021-29792

IBM Event Streams 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 could allow a user the CA private key to create their own certificates and deploy them in the cluster and gain privileges of another user. IBM X-Force ID: 203450.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2021-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Event Streams — versions 10.0, 10.1, 10.2
IBM Event Streams — versions 10.0.0, 10.1.0, 10.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6469451 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203450 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29792?: CVE-2021-29792 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Event Streams, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-29792?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.