{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20490 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20490 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-20490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 29 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-20490 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-20490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 29 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20490 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. 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-2021-20490/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20490/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-20490","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20490/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-20490","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j9mj-3442-mm95"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A local user can cause a denial of service in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus due to insecure file permission settings.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"misconfiguration"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"spectrum_protect_plus","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/I:N/AC:L/S:U/C:N/AV:L/UI:N/PR:N/A:L/RL:O/E:U/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-276","name":"Incorrect Default Permissions"}],"description":"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.","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":"Misconfiguration in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2021-20490","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"misconfiguration","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Spectrum Protect Server","id":"CVE-2021-20491"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in Sterling File Gateway","id":"CVE-2021-20489"},"products":["Spectrum Protect Plus"],"published":"2021-06-29","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4854","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-11-23"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4242","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-31"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Code injection in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2019-4357","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-01"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4469","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-15"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"File upload in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4703","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-15"},{"cvss_score":7.9,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2019-4383","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-01"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of service in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-5023","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-10"}],"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":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"A local user can cause a denial of service in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus due to insecure file permission settings.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20490/"}