{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20488 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-20488 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Identity Manager, published on 16 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-20488 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-20488 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Identity Manager, published on 16 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20488 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Security Identity Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20488/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-20488","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20488/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-20488","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-x6hg-qh4q-23x7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"IBM Identity Manager","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated user can change other users' passwords in Windows AD via the IBM Security Identity Manager Windows Password Synch Plug-in.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"security_identity_manager","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:H/PR:L/UI:N/A:H/S:U/AC:H/I:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"description":"IBM Security Identity Manager 6.0.2 could allow an authenticated malicious user to change the passwords of other users in the Windows AD environment when IBM Security Identity Manager Windows Password Synch Plug-in is deployed and configured. IBM X-Force ID: 197789.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Security Identity Manager","id":"CVE-2021-20488","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in Sterling File Gateway","id":"CVE-2021-20489"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Power 9 Systems","id":"CVE-2021-20487"},"products":["Security Identity Manager"],"published":"2021-06-16","related":[{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"File upload in Security Identity Manager","id":"CVE-2018-1969","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-01-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"File upload in Security Identity Manager","id":"CVE-2018-1453","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-06-08"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-0335","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-01-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-6106","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-09-18"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"Deserialization in Security Identity Manager","id":"CVE-2019-4561","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-20"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-6111","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-04-20"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in Security Identity Manager","id":"CVE-2017-1362","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-09-25"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"An authenticated user can change other users' passwords in Windows AD via the IBM Security Identity Manager Windows Password Synch Plug-in.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20488/"}