CVE-2021-20442
IBM Security Verify Bridge contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic...
IBM Security Verify Bridge contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 196618.
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 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 196618.
- Record
CVE-2021-20442- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:N/S:U/I:N/UI:N/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7860
IBM Security Verify Bridge contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 196618.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7860- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:N/S:U/I:N/UI:N/AC:H/PR:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jmqq-vjpq-9xcm No score
IBM Security Verify Bridge contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic...
IBM Security Verify Bridge contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 196618.
- Record
GHSA-jmqq-vjpq-9xcm- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Verify Bridge contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 196618.
- Record
CVE-2021-20442- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-798
- 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-2021-20442 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 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.