CVE-2021-29715

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Published Aug 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.11 could alllow a remote user to obtain sensitive information or conduct denial of serivce attacks due to open ports. IBM X-Force ID: 201018.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

API Connect

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.0.0`	affected	—
`5.0.8.11`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:api_connect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-16189	IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.11 could alllow a remote user to obtain sensitive information or conduct denial of serivce attacks due to open ports. IBM X-Force ID: 201018.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.644% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201018
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6483653

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Api Connect

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:52 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Aug 26, 2021, 7:25 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 4:52 PM
Reserved: Mar 31, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:48 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 26, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:48 AM

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