Description
The GSKit (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 7.2) and (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.6) CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords. A weak password may be recovered. Note: After update the customer should change password to ensure the new password is stored more securely. Products should encourage customers to take this step as a high priority action. IBM X-Force ID: 139972.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.1
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-916
Status
published
Products (3)
ibm/spectrum_protect_for_space_management
7.1.0.0 - 7.1.8.1
ibm/spectrum_protect_for_virtual_environments
7.1.0.0 - 7.1.8.0
ibm/spectrum_protect_snapshot
4.1.0.0 - 4.1.6.3
Published
Apr 04, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026