IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.0, and 5.1 enables privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized users to perform administrative operations after being demoted. Attackers could access sensitive data, modify system configurations, or change permissions for other users. The issue undermines administrative controls and could lead to data breaches, system compromise, and loss of trust in the application's security mechanisms.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7268697 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.8 · ibmNVD modified 2026-10-26 00:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 6
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7268697 Patch, Vendor Advisory