CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-38863

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Sep 23, 2021 | Modified: Sep 29, 2021
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a locally authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 208154.

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_verify_bridge Ibm * 1.0.7 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References