CVE-2021-20426 Hardcoded credentials in Security Guardium

What is CVE-2021-20426?

CVE-2021-20426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 24 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 196313.

Weakness: CWE-798

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20426?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20426?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20426 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-20426 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20426 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium

• CVE-2023-35893 IBM Security Guardium command execution Critical 9.9
• CVE-2017-1253 Command injection in Security Guardium Critical 9.9
• CVE-2017-1269 SQL injection in Security Guardium Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-47709 IBM Security Guardium command injection Critical 9.1
• CVE-2023-30435 IBM Security Guardium cross-site scripting High 8.9

All Ibm Security Guardium vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mgwh-8478-g6wj.