IBM Security Guardium 10.5, 10.6, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, and 11.4 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 215587.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
IBM Security Guardium unaffected
Version Status Constraints
10.5, 10.6, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 affected
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Configuration 1 [-]

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OR cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium:10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215587 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831647 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Description IBM Security Guardium 10.5, 10.6, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, and 11.4 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 215587.   IBM Security Guardium 10.5, 10.6, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, and 11.4 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 215587.
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-23T20:45:00.000Z

Reserved: 2021-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39077

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Updated: 2024-08-04T01:58:17.647Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-03T20:15:24.037

Modified: 2025-07-23T21:15:25.197

Link: CVE-2021-39077

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