CVE-2021-38981: IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 212788.

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.