CVE-2020-4954
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, caused by improper…
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- ibm
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, caused by improper session validation . By using the configuration panel to obtain a valid session using an attacker controlled IBM Spectrum Protect server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and gain access to a limited number of debug functions, such as logging levels. IBM X-Force ID: 192153.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 14 months later
· 14 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 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.0/C:L/I:L/AV:A/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/AC:H/A:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 51% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Weakness
- Bypass Security
- CWE-384 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-384 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM · Spectrum Protect Operations Center
- affected 8.1
- affected 7.1
- affected 8.1.10.100
- affected 7.1.12
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204954-auth-bypass (192153) (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-2020-4954)Record last updated .