CVE-2021-28830: TIBCO Enterprise Runtime For R

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The TIBCO Spotfire Server and TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Spotfire Server, TIBCO Spotfire Server, TIBCO Spotfire Server, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services, and TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services contain a vulnerability that theoretically allows a low privileged attacker with local access on the Windows operating system to insert malicious software. The affected component can be abused to execute the malicious software inserted by the attacker with the elevated privileges of the component. This vulnerability results from the affected component searching for run-time artifacts outside of the installation hierarchy. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition: versions 1.2.4 and below, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition: versions 1.3.0 and 1.3.1, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition: versions 1.4.0, 1.5.0, and 1.6.0, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: versions 11.3.0 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 10.3.12 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 10.4.0, 10.5.0, 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.9.0, 10.10.0, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3, and 10.10.4, TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, and 11.3.0, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: versions 10.3.0 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: versions 10.10.0, 10.10.1, and 10.10.2, and TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: versions 11.1.0, 11.2.0, and 11.3.0.

Affected products

• TIBCO Enterprise Runtime For R: up to and including 1.2.4; version 1.3.0 only; version 1.3.1 only; version 1.4.0 only; version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only
• TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform: up to and including 11.3.0
• TIBCO Spotfire Server: up to and including 10.3.12; version 10.4.0 only; version 10.5.0 only; version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.7.0 only; …
• TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: up to and including 10.3.0; version 10.10.0 only; version 10.10.1 only; version 10.10.2 only; version 11.1.0 only; version 11.2.0 only; …

Published 2021-06-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.