VulnerabilityModified
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 credentials.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.52%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.52% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-307
- Affected
- ibm/sterling connect\
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209507VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6518586Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209507VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6518586Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.