IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager information disclosure

published 2024-12-17 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-43873

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 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2.0, and 4.2.1 stores user credentials in configuration files which can be read by a local privileged user.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-17)

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% 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

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-260 Password in Configuration File
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7175067
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-49817
NVD CVE-2024-49817

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Summary