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CVE-2020-4890
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 could allow a local user with a valid role to the REST API to cause a…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.27%
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- ibm
Description
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 could allow a local user with a valid role to the REST API to cause a denial of service due to weak or absense of rate limiting. IBM X-Force ID: 190973.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.0/A:H/AV:L/I:N/UI:N/C:N/PR:H/AC:L/S:U/RL:O/E:U/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
- Denial of Service
Affected products
- affected 5.0.0
- affected 5.0.5.5
- affected 5.1.0
- affected 5.1.0.2
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204890-dos (190973) (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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