CVE-2020-4495
IBM Jazz Foundation and IBM Engineering products could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM Jazz Foundation and IBM Engineering products could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially-crafted request to the REST API, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions, and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 182114.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/PR:L/I:H/AC:L/A:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Bypass Security
Affected products
IBM · Engineering Test Management
- affected 7.0.0
- affected 7.0.1
IBM · Rational Quality Manager
- affected 6.0.6
- affected 6.0.6.1
IBM · Rational Rhapsody Model Manager
- affected 6.0.6
- affected 6.0.6.1
- affected 7.0
IBM · Engineering Lifecycle Optimization
- affected 7.0
- affected 7.0.1
- affected 7.0.2
IBM · Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager
- affected 6.0.6
- affected 6.0.6.1
- affected 7.0
- affected 7.0.1
- affected 7.0.2
IBM · Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
- affected 6.0.6
- affected 6.0.6.1
IBM · Rational DOORS Next Generation
- affected 6.0.6
- affected 6.0.6.1
- affected 7.0
- affected 7.0.1
- affected 7.0.2
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6457739 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-rhapsody-cve20204495-sec-bypass (182114) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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