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CVE-2017-1601· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

IBM Security Guardium 10.0, 10.0.1, and 10.1 through 10.1.4 Database Activity Monitor does not require that users should have strong passwor

IBM Security Guardium 10.0, 10.0.1, and 10.1 through 10.1.4 Database Activity Monitor does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it easier for attackers to compromise user accounts. IBM X-Force ID: 132624.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
May 2, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.4% · 84th percentile
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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmsecurity guardium database activity monitor

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm security guardium database activity monitor10.0
  • ibm security guardium database activity monitor10.0.1
  • ibm security guardium database activity monitor10.1
  • ibm security guardium database activity monitor10.1.2
  • ibm security guardium database activity monitor10.1.3
  • ibm security guardium database activity monitor10.1.4

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2016-0241IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 8.2 before p310, 9.x through 9.5 before p700, and 10.x through 10.1 before p100 allows remot
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2016-0236IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 8.2 before p310, 9.x through 9.5 before p700, and 10.x through 10.1 before p100 allows remot
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2016-0239IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 9.x through 9.5 before p700 and 10.x through 10.0.1 before p100 allows remote authenticated
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2016-0235IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 10 allows local users to have unspecified impact by leveraging administrator access to a har
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2016-0328IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 8.2 before p310, 9.x through 9.5 before p700, and 10.x through 10.1 before p100 allows local
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-0237IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading cached browser data.
    22Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-521 · Weak Password Requirements

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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