CVE-2021-20372
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated user to...
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of another user's service due to insufficient permission checking. IBM X-Force ID: 195518.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of another user's service due to insufficient permission checking. IBM X-Force ID: 195518.
- Record
CVE-2021-20372- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AC:L/PR:L/AV:N/UI:N/A:L/C:N/S:U/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7790
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of another user's service due to insufficient permission checking. IBM X-Force ID: 195518.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7790- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AC:L/PR:L/AV:N/UI:N/A:L/C:N/S:U/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4hqq-hhrv-3jrq
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated user to...
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of another user's service due to insufficient permission checking. IBM X-Force ID: 195518.
- Record
GHSA-4hqq-hhrv-3jrq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 could allow a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of another user's service due to insufficient permission checking. IBM X-Force ID: 195518.
- Record
CVE-2021-20372- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-20372 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ibm Sterling File Gateway, published October 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.25%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.