# CVE-2021-28818: TIBCO Rendezvous Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability

> Local attackers can insert malicious software via unsafe artifact search paths, leading to code execution with elevated privileges in TIBCO Rendezvous components.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cqv6-cx7q-c7w5

## What is CVE-2021-28818?

CVE-2021-28818 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in TIBCO Rendezvous, published on 23 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Rendezvous Routing Daemon (rvrd), Rendezvous Secure Routing Daemon (rvrsd), Rendezvous Secure Daemon (rvsd), Rendezvous Cache (rvcache), Rendezvous Secure C API, Rendezvous Java API, and Rendezvous .Net API components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Rendezvous and TIBCO Rendezvous Developer Edition contain a vulnerability that theoretically allows a low privileged attacker with local access on the Windows operating system to insert malicious software. The affected component can be abused to execute the malicious software inserted by the attacker with the elevated privileges of the component. This vulnerability results from the affected component searching for run-time artifacts outside of the installation hierarchy. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Rendezvous: versions 8.5.1 and below and TIBCO Rendezvous Developer Edition: versions 8.5.1 and below.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28818?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tibco Rendezvous.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-28818?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-28818 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Rendezvous

- [CVE-2021-28817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28817/): TIBCO Rendezvous Windows Platform Installation vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2007-4158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4158/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2007-4162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4162/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-12414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12414/): TIBCO Rendezvous Vulnerable to CSRF Attacks (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-4159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4159/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-28818 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-28818 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in TIBCO Rendezvous, published on 23 Mar 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-2021-28818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Rendezvous. 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-2021-28818/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28818/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28818
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28818
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28818

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