CVE-2021-20441
IBM Security Verify Bridge uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an...
IBM Security Verify Bridge uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 196617.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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 Verify Bridge uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 196617.
- Record
CVE-2021-20441- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/AC:H/C:H/PR:N/AV:N/S:U/A:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7859
IBM Security Verify Bridge uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 196617.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7859- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/AC:H/C:H/PR:N/AV:N/S:U/A:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9r57-f699-h3mm No score
IBM Security Verify Bridge uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an...
IBM Security Verify Bridge uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 196617.
- Record
GHSA-9r57-f699-h3mm- Weakness
- CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Verify Bridge uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 196617.
- Record
CVE-2021-20441- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-327
- 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-2021-20441 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Security Verify Bridge, published March 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.