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CVE-2020-4609

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

IBM Security Sevret Server (IBM Security Verify Privilege Manager 10.8.2) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the system to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 184917.

Affected products

• IBM Security Verify Privilege Manager: before 11.0 — fixed in 11.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Security Verify Privilege Manager 11.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184917
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6467047
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184917
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6467047

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