CVE-2021-20408
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could disclose highly sensitive information...
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could disclose highly sensitive information to a local user due to inproper storage of a plaintext cryptographic key. IBM X-Force ID: 198187.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could disclose highly sensitive information to a local user due to inproper storage of a plaintext cryptographic key. IBM X-Force ID: 198187.
- Record
CVE-2021-20408- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:L/UI:N/I:H/C:H/PR:L/A:N/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7826
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could disclose highly sensitive information to a local user due to inproper storage of a plaintext cryptographic key. IBM X-Force ID: 198187.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7826- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:L/UI:N/I:H/C:H/PR:L/A:N/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7674-88wr-2fm6 No score
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could disclose highly sensitive information...
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could disclose highly sensitive information to a local user due to inproper storage of a plaintext cryptographic key. IBM X-Force ID: 198187.
- Record
GHSA-7674-88wr-2fm6- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could disclose highly sensitive information to a local user due to inproper storage of a plaintext cryptographic key. IBM X-Force ID: 198187.
- Record
CVE-2021-20408- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- 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-2021-20408 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Ibm Security Verify Information Queue, published February 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.