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CVE-2020-4842
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is…
Low2.7EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 190046.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 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 | Low2.7 | CVSS:3.0/I:N/S:U/AC:L/C:L/AV:N/PR:H/A:N/UI:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.7.
Weakness
- Obtain Information
- CWE-209 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-209 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 10.6
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6336251 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-sss-cve20204842-info-disc (190046) (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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-4842)Record last updated .