CVE-2021-20536

lowpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.27% (18th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

6 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–6.2

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.6

v3.06.2mediumCVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/A:N/S:U/AV:L/AC:L/C:H/PR:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.06.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.6

v3.16.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-532USprimaryCWE-427US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus≤ 10.1.7enisa_euvdEU
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus≤ 10.1.6enisa_euvdEU
IBM Corp. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus≤ 10.1.7fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus≤ 10.1.6fstec_bduRU
ibm spectrum protect plus= 10.1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm spectrum protect plus= 10.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-04-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

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