What is CVE-2020-4832?

CVE-2020-4832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-4832?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Aix

CVE-2020-4832

IBM PowerHA 7.2 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information from temporary directories after a discovery failure occurs. IBM X-Force ID: 189969.

Published 2021-02-05 · 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: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Aix
IBM Powerha — versions 7.2

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6412283 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189969 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4832?: CVE-2020-4832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-4832?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.