IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 4.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensit…

published 2021-07-13 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-7787

cvss: 5.9; 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 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 4.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 195361.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

ibm cloud_pak_for_applications 4.3.1

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Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/AV:N/UI:N/PR:N/A:N/AC:H/I:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
NVD	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Cloud Pak for Applications

Classification

Weakness

CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6471331
vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/195361
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-20369
NVD CVE-2021-20369

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