Description
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST access token.
Affected products
ibm: guardium data protection
References1
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7288035 Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 16 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-256
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