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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2024-38320 json

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware information disclosure

published 2025-01-27 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-37103

cvss
5.9
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 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.23.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.

Patch / fix

  • ibm storage_protect_for_virtual_environments 8.1.24.0
  • ibm storage_protect 8.1.24.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware
  • IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

References

Sources

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