IBM Security Guardium 10.6, 11.0, and 11.1 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its…

published 2020-06-03 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25437

cvss: 4.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium 10.6, 11.0, and 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: 174851.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6218958 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.1	CVSS:3.0/UI:N/C:H/PR:H/AC:H/I:N/AV:L/A:N/S:U/RL:O/E:U/RC:C
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	4.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/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/6218958
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/174851
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4190
NVD CVE-2020-4190

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