CVE-2021-20474

HIGH

IBM Guardium Data Encryption <4.0.0.4 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 and 4.0.0.4 does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6469407
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196945

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 37.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (2)
ibm/guardium_data_encryption 3.0.0.2
ibm/guardium_data_encryption 4.0.0.4
Published Jul 07, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026