CVE-2021-20414
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a user to bruce force sensitive...
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a user to bruce force sensitive information due to not properly limiting the number of interactions. IBM X-Force ID: 196216.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- 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 Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a user to bruce force sensitive information due to not properly limiting the number of interactions. IBM X-Force ID: 196216.
- Record
CVE-2021-20414- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/PR:H/I:N/C:H/AV:N/AC:H/S:U/UI:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7832
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a user to bruce force sensitive information due to not properly limiting the number of interactions. IBM X-Force ID: 196216.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7832- CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/PR:H/I:N/C:H/AV:N/AC:H/S:U/UI:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95w5-wfx4-75p8 No score
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a user to bruce force sensitive...
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a user to bruce force sensitive information due to not properly limiting the number of interactions. IBM X-Force ID: 196216.
- Record
GHSA-95w5-wfx4-75p8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a user to bruce force sensitive information due to not properly limiting the number of interactions. IBM X-Force ID: 196216.
- Record
CVE-2021-20414- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/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 - 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-2021-20414 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Ibm Guardium Data Encryption, published July 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.