CVE-2019-4694: IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 171832.

Affected products

• IBM Guardium Data Encryption: version 3.0.0.2 only
• IBM Guardium For Cloud Key Management: before 1.7.0 (fixed in 1.7.0)

Published 2020-08-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.