CVE-2021-29708
mediumpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.26% (18th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0.1 could allow a local with access to the GUI pod container to obtain sensitive cryptographic keys that could allow them to elevate their privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 200883.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.7
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9
v3.06.7mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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CWE-321USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200883cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-vulnerability-in-ibm-spectrum-scale-that-could-allow-a-local-attacker-which-has-access-to-the-gui-pod-can-ssh-to-the-core-pods-as-a-privileged-user-cve-2021-29708/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6455629cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200883enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6455629enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200883VDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6455629Vendor Advisorynvd
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