IBM Security Verify Governance information disclosure

published 2025-01-29 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-37988

cvss: 4.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Verify Governance 10.0.2 Identity Manager

uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the product does not also use a salt as part of the input.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-29)

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% 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:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Verify Governance

Classification

Weakness

CWE-759 Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt
CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7172200
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-33838
NVD CVE-2023-33838

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Summary