CVE-2021-39077 (GCVE-0-2021-39077)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-23 20:45
VLAI
Title
IBM Security Guardium information disclosure
Summary
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Security Guardium Affected: 10.5, 10.6, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
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