01 Record
CVE-2019-4565
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0 and 3.0.1 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID:
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:N/S:U/PR:N/UI:N/I:N/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
02 Description
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0 and 3.0.1 does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID:
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-09-20 15:50Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 00:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/A:N/S:U/PR:N/UI:N/I:N/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Weaknesses
- CWE-521Weak Password RequirementsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 62e7c2cec19f6bd9dd039e0f0d7d6a5588734d2a0c390076a2d5f667b2a33881
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/security-bulletin-ibm-security-key-lifecycle-manager-uses-weak-password-policy-cve-2019-4565
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-tivoli-cve20194565-info-disc (166626)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166626