Security Key Lifecycle Manager
CVE-2023-25684
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 is vulnerable to SQL injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 247597. Affected products include: Ibm Security Key Lifecycle Manager.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 247597.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 and 2.6 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attack
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager does not require that users should have strong passwords by default, which makes it eas
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0.1 and 4.0 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote atta
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.6, 2.7, and 3.0 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 and 2.6 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker t
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 could allow an authenticated user to perform
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5 and 2.6 do not perform an authentication check for a critical resource or functiona
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.0.1, 2.5, and 2.6 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way tha
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 2.5, and 2.6 could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the imp
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 could allow an attacker to upload files that
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could
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