What is CVE-2020-4369?

CVE-2020-4369 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Verify Gateway, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-4369?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Verify Gateway

CVE-2020-4369

IBM Verify Gateway (IVG) 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 stores highly sensitive information in cleartext that could be obtained by a user. IBM X-Force ID: 179004.

Published 2020-07-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 9.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Verify Gateway — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1
IBM Verify Gateway (Ivg) — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6251285 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179004 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4369?: CVE-2020-4369 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Verify Gateway, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-4369?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.