CVE-2021-38978

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
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: 2021-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-319

Description

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 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: 212783.

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager: 4.1.0, 4.1.0.1, 4.1.1
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager: from 3.0 through 3.0.0.4; from 3.0.1 through 3.0.1.5; from 4.0 through 4.0.0.3; 4.1.0, 4.1.0.1, 4.1.1

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212783
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516050
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212783
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516050

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