What is CVE-2020-4636?

CVE-2020-4636 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Resilient Onprem, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-4636?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Resilient Onprem

CVE-2020-4636

IBM Resilient OnPrem 38.2 could allow a privileged user to inject malicious commands through Python3 scripting. IBM X-Force ID: 185503.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Resilient Onprem — versions 38.2
IBM Resilient Security Orchestration Automation And Response — versions 38.2
Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6348694 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185503 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4636?: CVE-2020-4636 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Resilient Onprem, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-4636?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.