{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20578 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20578 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-20578 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Cloud Pak for Security, published on 30 Sep 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-2021-20578 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-20578 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Cloud Pak for Security, published on 30 Sep 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-2021-20578 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ibm Cloud Pak for Security. 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-2021-20578/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20578/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-20578","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20578/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-20578","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-38jw-3g8c-mmg7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cloud_service","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Cloud Pak for Security","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can perform unauthorized actions in IBM Cloud Pak for Security due to missing authentication controls, requiring an upgrade to secure the environment.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"cloud_pak_for_security","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/C:L/AC:L/PR:N/A:N/I:L/AV:A/S:U/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"}],"description":"IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.7.0.0, 1.7.1.0, 1.7.2.0, and 1.8.0.0 could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized actions due to improper or missing authentication controls. IBM X-Force ID: 199282.","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":"Auth bypass in Cloud Pak for Security","id":"CVE-2021-20578","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ibm:cloud_pak_for_security","products":["ibm:cloud_pak_for_security"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows","id":"CVE-2021-20579"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Cloud Pak for Security","id":"CVE-2021-20577"},"products":["Cloud Pak for Security"],"published":"2021-09-30","related":[{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"IBM QRadar Suite Software and IBM Cloud Pak for Security information disclosure","id":"CVE-2025-25022","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-03"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"Command injection in Cloud Pak for Security","id":"CVE-2021-29696","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-02"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"IBM QRadar Suite Software and IBM Cloud Pak for Security code injection","id":"CVE-2025-25021","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-03"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"IBM QRadar Suite improper input validation","id":"CVE-2023-47726","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-18"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Missing authorization in Cloud Pak for Security","id":"CVE-2022-38385","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-11"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Command injection in Cloud Pak for Security","id":"CVE-2022-38387","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-11"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"IBM Cloud Pak for Security information disclosure","id":"CVE-2023-30993","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-06-27"}],"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":"2024-09-17","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"Attackers can perform unauthorized actions in IBM Cloud Pak for Security due to missing authentication controls, requiring an upgrade to secure the environment.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20578/"}