CVE-2021-38979

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% 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-916

Description

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the software does not also use a salt as part of the input. IBM X-Force ID: 212785.

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/212785
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516034
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212785
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516034

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