What is CVE-2019-4640?

CVE-2019-4640 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Secret Server, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-4640?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Security Secret Server

CVE-2019-4640

IBM Security Secret Server 10.7 processes patches, image backups and other updates without sufficiently verifying the origin and integrity of the code which could result in an attacker executing malicious code. IBM X-Force ID: 170046.

Published 2020-02-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Secret Server — versions 10.7
IBM Security Secret Server
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-346 — Origin Validation Error

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/2929923 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170046 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4640?: CVE-2019-4640 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Secret Server, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-4640?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.