Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-29726

Description

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 and IBM Secure External Authentication Server 6.0.3 does not properly ensure that a certificate is actually associated with the host due to improper validation of certificates. IBM X-Force ID: 201104.

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Affected products

IBM/Sterling Secure Proxyllm-fuzzy3 versions
=6.0.3+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: =6.0.3
- (no CPE)range: 6.0.3
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sterling_secure_proxy:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
IBM/Secure External Authentication Serverllm-fuzzy2 versions
=6.0.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =6.0.3
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:secure_external_authentication_server:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
IBM/Sterling External Authentication Servercpe-rescue
Range: 6.0.3

Patches

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References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6586754nvdPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201104nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6586756nvdVendor Advisory

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