CVE-2020-4891

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Published Mar 16, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 190974.

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

Spectrum Scale

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.0`	affected	—
`5.0.5.5`	affected	—
`5.1.0`	affected	—
`5.1.0.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-26138	IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 190974.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.267% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190974
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Spectrum Scale

Weaknesses

CWE-307

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 12:16 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Mar 16, 2021, 1:55 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 12:16 AM
Reserved: Dec 30, 2019, 12:00 AM

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

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 16, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:20 AM

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