CVE-2021-20427 Security feature bypass in Security Guardium

What is CVE-2021-20427?

CVE-2021-20427 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 11 Aug 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 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 196314.

Weakness: CWE-307

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20427?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20427?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20427 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-20427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20427 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-xc7f-mpvm-wr8p.