IBM Security Guardium 11.1 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound auth…

published 2020-06-03 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25424

cvss: 6.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium 11.1 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: 174732.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6218970 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/PR:N/C:H/UI:N/S:C/A:N/AV:N/I:N/AC:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6218970
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/174732
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4177
NVD CVE-2020-4177

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