# CVE-2021-29913: IBM Security Verify Privilege improper input validation

> Authenticated users can obtain sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions due to improper input validation in IBM Security Verify Privilege.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3c82-4vr9-q4gw

## What is CVE-2021-29913?

CVE-2021-29913 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Privilege, published on 17 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Security Verify Privilege On-Premise 11.5 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions due to improper input validation.  IBM X-Force ID:  207898.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29913?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Security Verify Privilege On-Premises.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-29913?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29913 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-29913 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Privilege

- [CVE-2024-31887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31887/): IBM Security Verify Privilege information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-22375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22375/): IBM Security Verify Privilege command execution (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-22385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22385/): IBM Security Verify Privilege information disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2022-43890](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43890/): IBM Security Verify Privilege On-Premises information disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2021-20581](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20581/): IBM Security Verify Privilege information disclosure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-29913 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-29913 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Privilege, published on 17 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Security Verify Privilege. 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-2021-29913/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29913/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29913
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29913
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29913

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29913/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.