Credential disclosure via cleartext storage
Published Oct 19, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Cleartext credential storage in Security Risk Manager on IBM Cloud Pak for Security 1.7.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to read credentials. The component persists user credentials without encryption or equivalent protection, leaving their plaintext values available to a sufficiently privileged account. Exploitation requires high-privilege authenticated network access; the disclosed impact is limited to credential confidentiality, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext credential storage in Security Risk Manager on IBM Cloud Pak for Security 1.7.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to read credentials. The component persists user credentials without encryption or equivalent protection, leaving their plaintext values available to a sufficiently privileged account. Exploitation requires high-privilege authenticated network access; the disclosed impact is limited to credential confidentiality, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-38911
- Published
- Oct 19, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- IBM Cloud Pak for Security
- Classifications
- CWE-312, T1552
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 19, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.7.2.0
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