CVE-2014-0872
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The installation process in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 stores unencrypted credentials, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging root access. IBM X-Force ID: 90988.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-255
- Affected
- ibm/security key lifecycle manager
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90988VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-unencrypted-credentials-stored-on-ibm-security-key-lifecycle-manager-server-cve-2014-0872/Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90988VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-unencrypted-credentials-stored-on-ibm-security-key-lifecycle-manager-server-cve-2014-0872/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.