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01 Record

CVE-2021-20423

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 4.3 could allow an authenticated user gain escalated privilesges due to improper application permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 196308.

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/I:H/UI:N/PR:L/C:H/AV:N/S:U/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
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02 Description

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 4.3 could allow an authenticated user gain escalated privilesges due to improper application permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 196308.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 64.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-07-13 16:10Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 18:49Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-17
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/I:H/UI:N/PR:L/C:H/AV:N/S:U/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
Weaknesses
  • CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
cebd15f313088e2aa7c79954364708ef402d8ee892bd857cfe50b76c080acd9a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMCloud Pak for Applications4.3—

06 References