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CVE-2020-4854
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 thorugh 10.1.6 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 thorugh 10.1.6 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 190454.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 11 months later
· 11 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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/UI:N/PR:N/S:U/I:H/A:H/C:H/AC:L/AV:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Obtain Information
- CWE-798 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-798 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 10.1.0
- affected 10.1.6
References (3)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6367823 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204854-info-disc (190454) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-66 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2020-4854)Record last updated .