CVE-2018-1545: IBM Spectrum Protect Client

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 142649.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Client: from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.2; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.4.1; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.4.2
• IBM Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments: from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.0; from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.2; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.4.0; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.4.1

Published 2018-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.