CVE-2020-4217

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-754

Description

The IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems managed by Spectrum Scale. IBM X-Force ID: 175067.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Scale: from 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.19; from 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.2

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175067
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/5693463
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175067
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/5693463

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