{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38979 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-38979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Key Lifecycle Manager, published on 15 Nov 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38979 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Key Lifecycle Manager, published on 15 Nov 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38979 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ibm Security Key Lifecycle Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38979/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38979/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38979","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38979/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38979","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-84jm-9gq7-8qch"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Key Lifecycle Manager","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager uses unsalted hashes for passwords, allowing attackers to potentially recover credentials via rainbow tables.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"weak_cryptography"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"security_guardium_key_lifecycle_manager","vendor":"ibm"},{"product":"security_key_lifecycle_manager","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":4.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:N/C:H/PR:H/I:N/S:U/A:N/AC:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-916","name":"Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort"}],"description":"IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the software does not also use a salt as part of the input. IBM X-Force ID: 212785.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Weak cryptography in Security Key Lifecycle Manager","id":"CVE-2021-38979","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager","products":["ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager"],"type":"weak_cryptography","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Security Key Lifecycle Manager","id":"CVE-2021-38980"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Security Key Lifecycle Manager","id":"CVE-2021-38978"},"products":["Security Key Lifecycle Manager"],"published":"2021-11-15","related":[{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager file upload","id":"CVE-2023-25921","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-29"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager command injection","id":"CVE-2023-25925","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-28"},{"cvss_score":6.6,"headline":"IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager file upload","id":"CVE-2023-47706","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-20"},{"cvss_score":6.2,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Security Key Lifecycle Manager","id":"CVE-2021-38976","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-11-15"},{"cvss_score":5.9,"headline":"Information disclosure in Security Key Lifecycle Manager","id":"CVE-2021-38978","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-11-15"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager XML external entity injection","id":"CVE-2023-25926","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-29"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager cross-site scripting","id":"CVE-2023-47707","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager uses unsalted hashes for passwords, allowing attackers to potentially recover credentials via rainbow tables.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38979/"}