IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.5.0.0, 1.5.1.0, 1.6.0.0, 1.6.1.0, 1.7.0.0, and 1.7.1.0 could disclose sensitive information to an unaut…

published 2021-08-02 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-7959

cvss: 3.7; 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 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.5.0.0, 1.5.1.0, 1.6.0.0, 1.6.1.0, 1.7.0.0, and 1.7.1.0 could disclose sensitive information to an unauthorized user through HTTP GET requests. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 198927.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6476940 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/A:N/AV:N/AC:H/I:N/PR:N/C:L/UI:N/S:U/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Cloud Pak for Security

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6476940
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/198927
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-20541
NVD CVE-2021-20541

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