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CVE-2026-78537

IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager is affected by a security vulnerability

Products / packages IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 15/11/2026, 03:10:34 UTC
ibm · CVSS:3.1 · 6.8
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Severity

medium6.8

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

Missing evidence does not mean no public exploit exists.

Remediation

Source guidance available

Review the recorded instructions. Guidance may be a workaround rather than a fixed version.

What this means

IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager versions 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.0, and 5.1 may allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to a weak cryptographic algorithm. The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm. A local attacker could exploit this weakness.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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IBM · ibm

Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

6 ranges
ibm version evidence

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affected

4.1

4.1.1

4.2

4.2.1

5.0

5.1

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unknown

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:guardium_key_lifecycle_manager:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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What to do

Compare your installed product and version with the affected versions above. A matching product name alone does not confirm exposure.

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Principal Product and Version(s)Remediation/FixesIBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM) v4.1

  1. Download IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/gklm/5.x?topic=software-download-instructions
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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.0, and 5.1 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to the use of a weak cryptographic algorithm.

References

1 sources
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292031
Vendor advisoryibm

Inside the record

Evidence available

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Original records

CVE-2026-78537

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-327 ↗

CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

ibm

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Contributing organizations · 2
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Assigning organization

2026-11-08
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-09

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What changed

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-78537

    Observed 2026-11-09T14:21:42.517Z · upstream updated 2026-11-09T14:10:58.185Z

    Prioritization updated

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