# CVE-2021-29906: Information disclosure in App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

> Local users can access sensitive information when IBM App Connect Enterprise is configured with an IBM Cloud API key.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.0/I:N/S:U/A:N/C:H/AV:L/PR:N/UI:N/AC:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mm6j-hv7r-mmgh

## What is CVE-2021-29906?

CVE-2021-29906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container, published on 8 Oct 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 could disclose sensitive information to a local user when it is configured to use an IBM Cloud API key to connect to cloud-based connectors. IBM X-Force ID: 207630.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29906?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm App Connect Enterprise Certified Container.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-29906?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29906 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-29906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

- [CVE-2024-51465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51465/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container command execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-43916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43916/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container improper communications restriction (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-43915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43915/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-22404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22404/): Denial of service in App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-43874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43874/): IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-29906 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-29906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container, published on 8 Oct 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-2021-29906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container. 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-2021-29906/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29906/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29906
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29906
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29906

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29906/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.