IBM Security Identity Manager 6.0.2 could allow an authenticated malicious user to change the passwords of other users in the Windows AD en…

published 2021-06-16 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-7906

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Identity Manager 6.0.2 could allow an authenticated malicious user to change the passwords of other users in the Windows AD environment when IBM Security Identity Manager Windows Password Synch Plug-in is deployed and configured. IBM X-Force ID: 197789.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6464081 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:H/PR:L/UI:N/A:H/S:U/AC:H/I:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Identity Manager

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6464081
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/197789
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-20488
NVD CVE-2021-20488

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