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CVE-2020-4690:
IBM Guardium Appliance vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
IBM Security Guardium 11.3 contains a security vulnerability (CVE-2020-4690) related to hard-coded credentials that are used for inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data (IBM Support).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS Base score of 7.5 with the vector (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating a high severity issue. The technical nature of the vulnerability involves hard-coded credentials, such as passwords or cryptographic keys, which are embedded in the system (IBM Support).
Impact
The presence of hard-coded credentials could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. The CVSS scoring indicates high confidentiality impact but no impact on integrity or availability of the system (IBM Support).
Mitigation and workarounds
IBM has released a fix for this vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium 11.3. Users are advised to apply the update available through IBM Fix Central (IBM Support).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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