CVE-2019-4697
IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear...
IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 171938.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 171938.
- Record
CVE-2019-4697- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:L/S:U/AV:N/AC:H/UI:N/A:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-14304
IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 171938.
- Record
EUVD-2019-14304- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:L/S:U/AV:N/AC:H/UI:N/A:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wv6c-jqp4-7xg7 No score
IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear...
IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 171938.
- Record
GHSA-wv6c-jqp4-7xg7- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 171938.
- Record
CVE-2019-4697- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-4697 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ibm Guardium Data Encryption, published August 26, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.