Brute Force Vulnerability in IBM Guardium Data Encryption Software

CVE-2021-20415

What is CVE-2021-20415?

IBM Guardium Data Encryption version 4.0.0.4 suffers from a vulnerability due to inadequate account lockout settings, enabling remote attackers to execute brute force attacks on user account credentials. This weakness could potentially lead to unauthorized access and compromise sensitive data managed by the application. Organizations utilizing IBM Guardium Data Encryption should implement additional security measures and review their account lockout policies to mitigate this susceptibility.

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