CVE-2021-20540 (GCVE-0-2021-20540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-02 16:35 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:24
VLAI
Summary
IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.5.0.0, 1.5.1.0, 1.6.0.0, 1.6.1.0, 1.7.0.0, and 1.7.1.0 could disclose sensitive information to an unauthorized user through HTTP GET requests. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 198923.
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/S:U/C:L/UI:N/PR:H/I:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
CWE
  • Obtain Information
Assigner
ibm
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Cloud Pak for Security Affected: 1.6.0.0
Affected: 1.5.0.1
Affected: 1.5.0.0
Affected: 1.6.0.1
Affected: 1.7.0.0
Affected: 1.7.1.0
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Date Public
2021-07-30 00:00
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