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CVE-2018-1882
In a certain atypical IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 configurations, the node password could be displayed in plain text in the IBM…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In a certain atypical IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 configurations, the node password could be displayed in plain text in the IBM Spectrum Protect client trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 151968.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/AC:H/I:N/PR:L/A:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
IBM · Spectrum Protect for Space Management
- affected 7.1
- affected 8.1
- affected 7.1
- affected 8.1
References
4
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10869208 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10869436 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20181882-info-disc (151968) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 107861 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-12461 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-1882)Record last updated .