CVE-2020-4430
Published 2020-05-07 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@us.ibm.com
Summary
CVE-2020-4430 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in IBM Data Risk Manager. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. IBM has 8 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 2 of them linked to ransomware.
All 8 known-exploited IBM vulnerabilities →Description
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180535.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: IBM — Data Risk Manager
Name: IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180535
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6206875
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/0
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180535
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6206875
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-4430

