Improper privilege management in IBM Event Streams
Priority LOW 32CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
IBM Event Streams 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 could allow a user the CA private key to create their own certificates and deploy them in the cluster and gain privileges of another user. IBM X-Force ID: 203450.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00472 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Event Streams | 10.0; 10.1; 10.2; 10.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Event Streams VendorIBM Affected 10.0; 10.1; 10.2; 10.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.0.0 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.1.0 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.2.0 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.3.0 | Vulnerable | IBM |
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.1.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.2.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:event_streams:10.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.3.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-29792
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ff5j-cw6r-4w3f
References
More IBM Event Streams vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-03967 Improper authentication in IBM Event Streams CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-01613 IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0 could allow a remote attacker to submit an API request with a… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-29792 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-29792 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ff5j-cw6r-4w3f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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