# CVE-2021-29811: Information disclosure in Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

> An authenticated admin can read user credentials stored in plain text, exposing sensitive authentication data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/S:U/UI:N/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/I:N/C:H/PR:H/RC:U/RL:O/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Sep 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w223-cx42-24c9

## What is CVE-2021-29811?

CVE-2021-29811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, published on 20 Sep 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Jazz for Service Management and IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus_GUI 8.1.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by an authenticated admin user. IBM X-Force ID: 204329.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29811?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Tivoli Netcool\/Omnibus Webgui.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-29811?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29811 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-29811 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29811 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

- [CVE-2021-29856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29856/): Denial of service in Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-29807](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29807/): Cross-site scripting in Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-29808](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29808/): Cross-site scripting in Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-29809](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29809/): Cross-site scripting in Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-20336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20336/): Cross-site scripting in Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus GUI (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-29811 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-29811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, published on 20 Sep 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29811 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus. 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-2021-29811/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29811/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29811
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29811
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29811

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.