Sensitive information in log files in IBM Spectrum Protect
Priority LOW 21CWE-532Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 7.1 and 8.1 could disclose highly sensitive information via trace logs to a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 148873.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00388 33rd 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-2018-1788
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7cg9-f395-4pcq
References
More IBM Spectrum Protect Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-06770 Missing brute-force protection in IBM Spectrum Protect Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-02907 IBM Spectrum Protect Server authentication bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-06778 Missing brute-force protection in IBM Spectrum Protect Server CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-03907 IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.000 could disclose sensitive… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2018-1788 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-1788 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7cg9-f395-4pcq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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