# CVE-2020-29538: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote authenticated administrators can exploit improper API access controls to gather sensitive system information for subsequent attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:N/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xff9-cgjh-mvpp

## What is CVE-2020-29538?

CVE-2020-29538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Archer before 6.9 P1 (6.9.0.1) contains an improper access control vulnerability in an API. A remote authenticated malicious administrative user can potentially exploit this vulnerability to gather information about the system, and may use this information in subsequent attacks.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-29538?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rsa Archer.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-29538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-29538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-29538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-29538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-30584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30584/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-5331](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5331/): Information disclosure in RSA Archer (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11060/): Privilege escalation in RSA Archer (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-5334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5334/): Cross-site scripting in RSA Archer (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2018-11059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11059/): Cross-site scripting in RSA Archer (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-29538 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-29538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-29538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29538/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29538
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29538
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-29538

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29538/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.