Insufficiently protected credentials in IBM Security Guardium
Priority LOW 34CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem 10.5 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 141223.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00351 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1498
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4h3w-rhv9-c9xx
References
More IBM Security Guardium vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-01023 OS command injection in IBM Security Guardium CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2023-17961 IBM Security Guardium command execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2017-01036 SQL injection in IBM Security Guardium CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-03617 Missing brute-force protection in IBM Security Guardium CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03697 Hard-coded credentials in IBM Security Guardium CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03690 IBM Security Guardium 11.2 does not require that users should have strong passwords by… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-1498 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-1498 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4h3w-rhv9-c9xx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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