CVE-2021-38976: IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. X-Force ID: 212781.

Affected products

• IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager: version 4.1.0 only; version 4.1.0.1 only; version 4.1.1 only
• IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager: from 3.0, up to and including 3.0.0.4; from 3.0.1, up to and including 3.0.1.5; from 4.0, up to and including 4.0.0.3; version 4.1.0 only; version 4.1.0.1 only; version 4.1.1 only

Published 2021-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.