CVE-2021-20415: IBM Guardium Data Encryption

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 4.0.0.4 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 196217.

Affected products

• IBM Guardium Data Encryption: version 4.0.0.4 only

Published 2021-07-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.