CVE-2018-1787: IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 is affected by a password exposure vulnerability caused by insecure file permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 148872.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client: from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.4; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.6.1
• IBM Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments: from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.4; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.6.1; from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.0

Published 2019-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.