IBM Security Guardium 11.2 discloses sensitive information in the response headers that could be used in further attacks against the system.

published 2021-01-27 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25436

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 discloses sensitive information in the response headers that could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 174850.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6408634 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:N/S:U/C:L/UI:N/PR:L/AC:L/I:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6408634
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/174850
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4189
NVD CVE-2020-4189

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