CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39026

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 18, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 5.0.0.2 and 5.0.0.3 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 213964.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Guardium_data_encryption Ibm 5.0.0.2 (including) 5.0.0.2 (including)
Guardium_data_encryption Ibm 5.0.0.3 (including) 5.0.0.3 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References