VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-1447

CVSS score5.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-04-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

The GSKit (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 7.2) and (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.6) CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords. A weak password may be recovered. Note: After update the customer should change password to ensure the new password is stored more securely. Products should encourage customers to take this step as a high priority action. IBM X-Force ID: 139972.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

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