What is CVE-2018-1987?

CVE-2018-1987 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Data Protection, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-1987?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in IBM Data Protection

CVE-2018-1987

IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 7.1 and 8.1, if tracing is activated, the IBM Spectrum Protect node password may be displayed in plain text in the ERP trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 154280.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2019-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.4% 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 Data Protection
IBM Spectrum Protect For Enterprise Resource Planning — versions 8.1, 7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154280 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1987?: CVE-2018-1987 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Data Protection, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-1987?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.