CVE-2021-20490

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-06-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.8 could allow a local user to cause a denial of service due to insecure file permission settings. IBM X-Force ID: 197791.

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: from 10.1.0 through 10.1.8

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197791
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466609
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197791
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6466609

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