CVE-2014-3089: IBM Rational Directory Administrator

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The RDS Java Client library in IBM Rational Directory Server (RDS) 5.1.1.x before 5.1.1.2 iFix004 and 5.2.x before 5.2.1 iFix003, and Rational Directory Administrator (RDA) 6.0 before iFix002, includes the cleartext root password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a library file.

Affected products

• IBM Rational Directory Administrator: version 6.0 only; version 6.0.0.1 only
• IBM Rational Directory Server: version 5.1.1 only; version 5.1.1.1 only; version 5.1.1.2 only; version 5.2 only; version 5.2.0.1 only; version 5.2.0.2 only; …

Published 2014-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.