IBM Security Guardium information disclosure

published 2022-11-03 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-25514

cvss: 4.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831647 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-05-01)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium

Classification

Weakness

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6831647
vendor-advisory, patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/215587
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-39077
NVD CVE-2021-39077

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary