CVE-2021-20569

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Published Sep 14, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 199243.

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 Secret Server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_secret_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2021-7987	IBM Security Secret Server up to 11.0 could allow an attacker to enumerate usernames due to improper input validation. IBM X-Force ID: 199243.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

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% (0.944% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199243
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6488459

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Security Secret Server

Microsoft Windows

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Sep 14, 2021, 1:25 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:48 PM
Reserved: Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:34 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 14, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:34 AM

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