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

EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

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.