CVE-2020-4496

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-295

Description

The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation. IBM X-Force ID: 182046.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: from 10.1.0 through 10.1.8.1

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182046
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525346
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182046
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525346

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