CVE-2021-39020
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.7 and lower stores sensitive information in URL...
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.7 and lower stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 213855.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.7 and lower stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 213855.
- Record
CVE-2021-39020- CVSS 3.0
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.0/C:L/PR:H/UI:R/AV:N/S:U/A:N/AC:H/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25457
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.7 and lower stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 213855.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25457- CVSS 3.0
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.0/C:L/PR:H/UI:R/AV:N/S:U/A:N/AC:H/I:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cx5r-3fr2-xpjf
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.7 and lower stores sensitive information in URL...
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.7 and lower stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 213855.
- Record
GHSA-cx5r-3fr2-xpjf- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.7 and lower stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 213855.
- Record
CVE-2021-39020- 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
- 2.0 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/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-200
- 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-2021-39020 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.0) in Ibm Guardium Data Encryption, published May 5, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.