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CVE-2018-1447
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2018-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-916
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.
Affected products
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management: from 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.1; from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.4.0
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: from 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.8.0; from 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.4.0
- IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot: from 4.1.0.0 through 4.1.6.3
References
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014669
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014957
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015066
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015071
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104511
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041012
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014669
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22014957
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015066
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22015071
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104511
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