CVE-2021-20439

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Published Jul 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by an unauthorized user.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Security Verify Access Docker

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0.0`	affected	—

IBM

Security Access Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`9.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_access_manager:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_access:10.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-7857	IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 and IBM Security Verify Access Docker 10.0.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by an unauthorized user.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.185% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196453
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6471903

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Security Access Manager Security Verify Access

Weaknesses

CWE-522

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Jul 15, 2021, 4:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:06 PM
Reserved: Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 15, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM

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