{"id":"CVE-2019-4693","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-4693","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:24:09.073Z","title":"IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local privileged user.","description":"IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption (GDE) 3.0.0.2 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 171831.","published":"2020-08-26T19:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:36:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["ibm/guardium data encryption","ibm/guardium for cloud key management"],"epss":{"score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09538,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/171831","tags":["VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320817","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@us.ibm.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/171831","tags":["VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320817","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4693","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}