High severity · published Nov 23, 2021
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
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Sterling Connect:direct · Ibm
6.0.0 before 6.2.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38890
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38890
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209507
Patch
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6518586
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