High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1545

Description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 142649.

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Affected products

IBM/Tivoli Storage Managerllm-fuzzy
Range: 7.1, 8.1
IBM/Spectrum Protect Serverllm-fuzzy2 versions
7.1, 8.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 7.1, 8.1
- (no CPE)range: 7.1

Patches

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References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142649nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory

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