CVE-2021-20389
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- 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 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.
- Record
CVE-2021-20389- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/AV:L/A:N/AC:H/S:U/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7807
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7807- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/AV:L/A:N/AC:H/S:U/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vhgq-g2vx-jxpj No score
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.
- Record
GHSA-vhgq-g2vx-jxpj- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 195770.
- Record
CVE-2021-20389- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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-2021-20389 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Ibm Security Guardium, published May 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.