CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20439

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Jul 15, 2021 | Modified: Jul 31, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by an unauthorized user.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Security_access_manager Ibm 9.0 (including) 9.0 (including)
Security_verify_access Ibm 10.0.0 (including) 10.0.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References