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CVE-2020-4890

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 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: 2021-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 could allow a local user with a valid role to the REST API to cause a denial of service due to weak or absense of rate limiting. IBM X-Force ID: 190973.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Scale: from 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.5.5; from 5.1.0.0 through 5.1.0.2

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190973
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190973
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147

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