What is CVE-2018-1368?

CVE-2018-1368 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-1368?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in IBM Security Guardium

CVE-2018-1368

IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor 9.0, 9.1, and 9.5 could allow a local user with low privileges to view report pages and perform some actions that only an admin should be performing, so there is risk that someone not authorized can change things that they are not suppose to. IBM X-Force ID: 137765.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2018-02-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium — versions 9.5, 9.0, 9.1
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor — versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/137765 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040349 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1368?: CVE-2018-1368 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-1368?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.