CVE-2020-4581

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Published Sep 21, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.12 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a chunked transfer-encoding HTTP/2 request. IBM X-Force ID: 184441.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

DataPower Gateway

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2018.4.1.0`	affected	—
`2018.4.1.12`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25828	IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.12 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a chunked transfer-encoding HTTP/2 request. IBM X-Force ID: 184441.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.602% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184441
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6334707

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Datapower Gateway

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Sep 21, 2020, 2:55 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:56 AM
Reserved: Dec 30, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:20 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 21, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:20 AM

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