CVE-2021-20527 Command injection in Resilient OnPrem

Medium 6.0 Published Updated

Privileged users can inject malicious scripts executed as another user, enabling code execution and privilege escalation in IBM Resilient SOAR.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-20527?

CVE-2021-20527 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in IBM Resilient OnPrem, published on 19 Apr 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Resilient SOAR V38.0 could allow a privileged user to create create malicious scripts that could be executed as another user. IBM X-Force ID: 198759.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20527?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Resilient.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20527?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-20527 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20527 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fc44-mm95-mf77.

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