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01 Record

CVE-2021-20389

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score5.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/AV:L/A:N/AC:H/S:U/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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02 Description

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.

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
0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 9.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
2021-05-24 13:55Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 00:02Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-17
Assigning CNA
ibm
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/AV:L/A:N/AC:H/S:U/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
Weaknesses
  • CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8a47c57f72ac0eddff1294ff0b2990ab12887592915d21bf93719d887236bc3a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMSecurity Guardium11.2—

06 References