CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-38949

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Nov 16, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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 MQ 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.1 LTS stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 211403.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mq Ibm 8.0.0.0 (including) 8.0.0.14 (excluding)
Mq Ibm 9.0.0.0 (including) 9.0.0.9 (excluding)
Mq Ibm 9.1.0 (including) 9.1.5 (excluding)
Mq Ibm 9.1.0.0 (including) 9.1.0.5 (excluding)
Websphere_mq Ibm 7.5 (including) 7.5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References