CVE-2016-8937

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.90%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-10-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2016-8937

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

1.90%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) default authentication protocol is vulnerable to a brute force attack due to disclosing too much information during authentication. An attacker could gain user or administrative access to the TSM server. IBM X-Force ID: 118750.