01 Record
CVE-2021-20418
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 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: 196279.
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/A:N/I:N/PR:N/AV:N/AC:L/C:L/S:C/UI:R/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
02 Description
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 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: 196279.
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
- 0.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (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: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
- 2021-08-11 15:55Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 17:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/A:N/I:N/PR:N/AV:N/AC:L/C:L/S:C/UI:R/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
- Weaknesses
- CWE-521Weak Password RequirementsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8b732c00f637bcdea7a1a9498cf3efdfacda3d915c65f67cb3d174913a952823
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6479899
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-guardium-cve202120418-info-disc (196279)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196279