CVE-2021-38863
IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read...
IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a locally authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 208154.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- 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 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a locally authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 208154.
- Record
CVE-2021-38863- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:C/I:N/A:N/C:H/AV:L/PR:L/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25300
IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a locally authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 208154.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25300- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/S:C/I:N/A:N/C:H/AV:L/PR:L/AC:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qgpj-525c-7h5j No score
IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read...
IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a locally authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 208154.
- Record
GHSA-qgpj-525c-7h5j- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a locally authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 208154.
- Record
CVE-2021-38863- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- 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-2021-38863 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ibm Security Verify Bridge, published September 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.