CVE-2021-29747
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain highly sensitive...
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain highly sensitive information due to a vulnerability in the authentication mechanism. IBM X-Force ID: 201775.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain highly sensitive information due to a vulnerability in the authentication mechanism. IBM X-Force ID: 201775.
- Record
CVE-2021-29747- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/AC:H/PR:N/I:N/C:H/A:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-16221
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain highly sensitive information due to a vulnerability in the authentication mechanism. IBM X-Force ID: 201775.
- Record
EUVD-2021-16221- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/UI:N/S:U/AC:H/PR:N/I:N/C:H/A:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j4xg-m2vr-2h9h
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain highly sensitive...
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain highly sensitive information due to a vulnerability in the authentication mechanism. IBM X-Force ID: 201775.
- Record
GHSA-j4xg-m2vr-2h9h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 could allow a remote attacker to obtain highly sensitive information due to a vulnerability in the authentication mechanism. IBM X-Force ID: 201775.
- Record
CVE-2021-29747- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - 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-2021-29747 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, published May 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.92%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.