IBM Security Guardium Insights 2.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local privileged user.

published 2021-01-13 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25851

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 9%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium Insights 2.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 184861.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6403463 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/A:N/C:H/I:N/S:U/UI:N/PR:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
NVD	3.1	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Insights

Classification

Weakness

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6403463
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/184881
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4604
NVD CVE-2020-4604

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