CVE-2018-1882 Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect
Attackers with access to trace files can read node passwords in plain text in specific IBM Spectrum Protect configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1882?
CVE-2018-1882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 8 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In a certain atypical IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 configurations, the node password could be displayed in plain text in the IBM Spectrum Protect client trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 151968.
Weakness: CWE-312
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1882?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, Ibm Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1882?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1882 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-1882 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1882 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect
- CVE-2023-28956 IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client privilege escalation
- CVE-2021-20532 Privilege escalation in Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
- CVE-2021-39048 Memory corruption in Spectrum Protect
- CVE-2018-1853 Cross-site scripting in Spectrum Protect
- CVE-2018-1787 Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p469-7gqp-fp24.