CVE-2021-20428
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 196315.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 196315.
- Record
CVE-2021-20428- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/I:N/AC:L/A:N/UI:N/C:L/PR:N/AV:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7846
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 196315.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7846- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/I:N/AC:L/A:N/UI:N/C:L/PR:N/AV:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3jp4-jf35-6mq4 No score
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 196315.
- Record
GHSA-3jp4-jf35-6mq4- Weakness
- CWE-209
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 196315.
- Record
CVE-2021-20428- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-209
- 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-2021-20428 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) 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 1.27%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.