CVE-2021-29792
IBM Event Streams 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 could allow a user the CA private key to create...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.7
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-29792- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:L/UI:N/S:U/AC:L/C:L/AV:N/PR:H/I:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-16266
4.7
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-16266- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:L/UI:N/S:U/AC:L/C:L/AV:N/PR:H/I:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ff5j-cw6r-4w3f No score
IBM Event Streams 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 could allow a user the CA private key to create...
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.
- Record
GHSA-ff5j-cw6r-4w3f- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-29792- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-269
- 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-2021-29792 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Ibm Event Streams, published July 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.