CVE-2021-38890

published 2021-11-23

CVE-2021-38890: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 1.0 and 6.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account…

Priority P3 41 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 1.0 and 6.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 209507.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	connect_direct_web_services	—	—
ibm	connect_direct_web_services	—	—
ibm	sterling_connect	>= 6.0.0 < 6.2.0.1	6.2.0.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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