IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.13 and earlier has weak authentication and password rules and incorrectly handles default credentials…

published 2021-12-13 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-25501

cvss: 5.9; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.13 and earlier has weak authentication and password rules and incorrectly handles default credentials for the Spectrum Copy Data Management Admin console. IBM X-Force ID: 214957.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525554 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% 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/PR:N/A:N/AC:H/I:N/UI:N/AV:N/C:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6525554
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/214957
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-39064
NVD CVE-2021-39064

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