What is CVE-2020-4170?

CVE-2020-4170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Insights, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-08-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-4170?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

CSRF in IBM Security Guardium Insights

CVE-2020-4170

IBM Security Guardium Insights 2.0.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts. IBM X-Force ID: 174406.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2020-08-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium Insights — versions 2.0.1
IBM Security Guardium Insights — versions 2.0.1
Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320055 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174406 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4170?: CVE-2020-4170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium Insights, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-4170?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.