CVE-2021-29792 Privilege escalation in Event Streams
A user can exploit CA private key access to create and deploy certificates, gaining privileges of another user in the cluster.
- 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-2021-29792?
CVE-2021-29792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Event Streams, published on 12 Jul 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Event Streams 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 could allow a user the CA private key to create their own certificates and deploy them in the cluster and gain privileges of another user. IBM X-Force ID: 203450.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29792?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Event Streams.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29792?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29792 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-29792 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29792 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Event Streams
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ff5j-cw6r-4w3f.