Description
IBM watsonx.data intelligence 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.3.0, 5.3.1 stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
Affected products
ibm: watsonx.data
References1
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270923 Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 1 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-256
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