CVE-2021-29694 Weak cryptography in Spectrum Protect Plus

What is CVE-2021-29694?

CVE-2021-29694 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 26 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 200258.

Weakness: CWE-327

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29694?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus.

How do I fix CVE-2021-29694?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29694 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-29694 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

• CVE-2020-4854 Hardcoded credentials in Spectrum Protect Plus Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-4242 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.8
• CVE-2019-4357 Code injection in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.2
• CVE-2020-4469 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.1
• CVE-2020-4703 File upload in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-m88q-f722-m6x3.