IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores sensitive information in URL parameters.

published 2021-01-13 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-14294

cvss: 3.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 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: 171823.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6403331 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/C:L/AV:N/I:N/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6403331
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/171823
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-4687
NVD CVE-2019-4687

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