CVE-2021-38979

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.71% (53rd) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

18 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the software does not also use a salt as part of the input. IBM X-Force ID: 212785.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:N/C:H/PR:H/I:N/S:U/A:N/AC:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:Usecondary · ENISA EU

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 0.7 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-916USprimary

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 3.0.1.5enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 4.1enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 4.1.0.1enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 3.0enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 3.0.1enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 4.0enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 4.1.1enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 3.0.0.4enisa_euvdEU
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager≤ 4.0.0.3enisa_euvdEU
ibm security guardium key lifecycle manager= 4.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security guardium key lifecycle manager= 4.1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security guardium key lifecycle manager= 4.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security key lifecycle manager3.0 → 3.0.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security key lifecycle manager3.0.1 → 3.0.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security key lifecycle manager4.0 → 4.0.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security key lifecycle manager= 4.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security key lifecycle manager= 4.1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security key lifecycle manager= 4.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_key_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-11-15modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

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