# CVE-2021-27006: Privilege escalation in StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)

> Administrative users can escalate privileges to modify settings in SANtricity System Manager within StorageGRID.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Dec 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r9wc-xprp-2665

## What is CVE-2021-27006?

CVE-2021-27006 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Storagegrid, published on 23 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) versions 11.5 prior to 11.5.0.5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which may allow an administrative user to escalate their privileges and modify settings in SANtricity System Manager.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27006?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Storagegrid.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-27006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-27006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27006 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-27006 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Storagegrid, published on 23 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Storagegrid. 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-2021-27006/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27006/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27006
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27006
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27006

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27006/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.