CVE-2021-29722

mediumpriority · track · 30OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.92% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 2.4.3.2, and 3.4.3.2 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 201095.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/UI:N/I:N/S:U/A:N/PR:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:Usecondary · ENISA EU

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-327USprimary

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy≤ 2.4.3.2enisa_euvdEU
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy≤ 3.4.3.2enisa_euvdEU
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy≤ 6.0.2enisa_euvdEU
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy≤ 6.0.1enisa_euvdEU
ibm sterling external authentication server= 2.4.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_external_authentication_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sterling external authentication server= 6.0.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_external_authentication_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sterling external authentication server= 6.0.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_external_authentication_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sterling secure proxy= 3.4.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_secure_proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sterling secure proxy= 6.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_secure_proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sterling secure proxy= 6.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_secure_proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-08-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

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