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FKIE_CVE-2021-29802

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-23 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:48

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@us.ibm.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/204059	VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.com	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6482689	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/204059	VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6482689	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ibm	resilient_security_orchestration_automation_and_response	*

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CVE-2021-29802 (GCVE-0-2021-29802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-23 16:05 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:58

Summary

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.

Severity

5.6 (Medium)


                        
                          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

CWE

Gain Privileges

Assigner

ibm mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6482689	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
IBM	Security	Affected: SOAR

Date Public

2021-08-19 00:00

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