CVE-2021-20405
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.78% (56th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
IBM Security Verify Information Queue 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 could allow a user to perform unauthorized activities due to improper encoding of output. IBM X-Force ID: 196183.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.1–7.5
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.03.1lowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.6 · impact 1.4
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- ibm security verify information queue= 1.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_information_queue:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm security verify information queue= 1.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_verify_information_queue:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196183cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20405cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-security-verify-information-queue-does-not-properly-encode-error-messages-sent-to-web-users-cve-2021-20405/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6414367cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196183enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6414367enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196183VDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6414367Vendor Advisorynvd
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