What is CVE-2020-4670?

CVE-2020-4670 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics Cloud, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-4670?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in IBM Planning Analytics Cloud

CVE-2020-4670

IBM Planning Analytics Local 2.0 connects to a Redis server. The Redis server, an in-memory data structure store, running on the remote host is not protected by password authentication. A remote attacker can exploit this to gain unauthorized access to the server. IBM X-Force ID: 186401.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2021-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (84.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-26.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Planning Analytics Cloud — versions 2.0.0
IBM Planning Analytics Local — versions 2.0
IBM Planning Analytics Local — versions 2.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6436821 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186401 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4670?: CVE-2020-4670 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Planning Analytics Cloud, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-4670?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.