CVE-2021-20569
IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to...
IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 199243.
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 Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 199243.
- Record
CVE-2021-20569- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:N/AC:L/I:N/C:L/AV:N/S:U/PR:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7987
IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 199243.
- Record
EUVD-2021-7987- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:N/AC:L/I:N/C:L/AV:N/S:U/PR:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qjh7-2cqf-c2cr No score
IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to...
IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 199243.
- Record
GHSA-qjh7-2cqf-c2cr- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 199243.
- Record
CVE-2021-20569- 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-20
- 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-2021-20569 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ibm Security Secret Server, published September 14, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.94%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.