CVE-2021-29156

Q: How do I fix CVE-2021-29156?

Upgrade openam to 13.5.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2021-29156 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-29156 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 76.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-29156?

CVE-2021-29156 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2021-29156 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for openam (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

ForgeRock OpenAM before 13.5.1 allows LDAP injection via the Webfinger protocol. For example, an unauthenticated attacker can perform character-by-character retrieval of password hashes, or retrieve a session token or a private key.

CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

openamNVD

Affected:< 13.5.1Fixed in:13.5.1CVE-2021-29156derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

76.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugster.forgerock.org

Exploit1

portswigger.net

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-74 (Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2013-2251	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-22527	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-2725	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-35914	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-17558	High	7.5	99%	KEV	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-29156?

Upgrade openam to 13.5.1 or later.

Is CVE-2021-29156 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-29156 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 76.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-29156?

CVE-2021-29156 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2021-29156 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for openam (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.