CVE-2020-4954

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2021-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-384

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, caused by improper session validation . By using the configuration panel to obtain a valid session using an attacker controlled IBM Spectrum Protect server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and gain access to a limited number of debug functions, such as logging levels. IBM X-Force ID: 192153.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center: from 7.1.0.000 before 7.1.13.000; from 8.1.0.000 before 8.1.10.200 — fixed in 7.1.13.000, 8.1.10.200

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.13.000, 8.1.10.200. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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