CVE-2019-4689

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-319

Description

IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 171826.

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption: before 4.0.0.3 — fixed in 4.0.0.3
IBM Guardium For Cloud Key Management: before 1.7.0 — fixed in 1.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption 4.0.0.3; IBM Guardium For Cloud Key Management 1.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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