# CVE-2021-29802: Privilege escalation in Security

> IBM Security SOAR runs operations with excessive privileges, allowing attackers to escalate privileges or amplify other vulnerabilities.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.6 (`CVSS:3.0/A:L/C:L/AC:H/I:L/UI:N/PR:N/AV:N/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvfq-5xp8-rhv7

## What is CVE-2021-29802?

CVE-2021-29802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security, published on 23 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Security SOAR performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29802?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Resilient Security Orchestration Automation and Response.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-29802?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-29802 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security

- [CVE-2020-4636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4636/): Command injection in Resilient OnPrem (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-4633](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4633/): Code injection in Resilient (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2021-29704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29704/): Weak cryptography in Security (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-20566](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20566/): Weak cryptography in Resilient SOAR (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-29780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29780/): Missing authorization in Resilient OnPrem (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-29802 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-29802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security, published on 23 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Security. 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-2021-29802/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29802/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29802
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29802
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29802

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29802/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.