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CVE-2024-38320 — IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and Sto

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.23.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.

CVSS
5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS
8.00% (top 75.90%)
CWE
CWE-327
Published
2025-01-27T15:43:06.712Z
Last modified
2025-01-27T17:58:26.315Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.23.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IBMStorage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware8.1.0.0
IBMStorage Protect BackupArchive Client — 8.1.0.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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