What is CVE-2020-4890?

CVE-2020-4890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-4890?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale

CVE-2020-4890

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 could allow a local user with a valid role to the REST API to cause a denial of service due to weak or absense of rate limiting. IBM X-Force ID: 190973.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Spectrum Scale — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.5.5, 5.1.0
Ibm Spectrum_scale

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4890?: CVE-2020-4890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-4890?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.