CVE-2020-4771

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-11-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.and 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.11 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper authentication of a websocket endpoint. By using known tools to subscribe to the websocket event stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 188993.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center: from 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.11; from 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188993
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6369101
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188993
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6369101

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