Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 26, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-20536

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836.

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Affected products

IBM/Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agentllm-fuzzy
Range: 10.1.6, 10.1.7
IBM/Spectrum Protect Servercpe-rescue
Range: 10.1.6
IBM/Spectrum Protect Plus2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:10.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:10.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:10.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198836nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445739nvdVendor Advisory

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