Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Data could allow a local user with special privileges to obtain highly sensitive information

Summary

Cloud Pak for Data “shared credentials” are available to authorized users. However, because the credentials are shared, it is difficult to audit access to the connection, to identify the source of data loss, or identify the source of a security breach. You can apply a patch to disable this feature.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-38899
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Cloud Pak for Data could allow a local user with special privileges to obtain highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209575 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Cloud Pak for Data patches are listed here:

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6327429&gt;

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6217389&gt;

You may contact IBM support if additional assistance is needed.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None