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Security Bulletin: WebSphere Application Server, which is included in IBM Cloud Pak for Applications, is vulnerable to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-29754)

Security Bulletin


Summary

WebSphere Application Server, which is included in IBM Cloud Pak for Applications, is vulnerable to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) and Version(s)Affected Supportive Product(s) and Version(s)

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications, all

WebSphere Application Server ND

  • 9
  • 8.5
  • 8.0
  • 7.0

Remediation/Fixes

WebSphere Application Server is vulnerable to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-29754)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

12 Jul 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 July 2021

Initial Publish date:
12 July 2021

UID

ibm16471323

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