What is CVE-2020-4944?

CVE-2020-4944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Urbancode Deploy, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-4944?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Urbancode Deploy

CVE-2020-4944

IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) 7.0.3.0, 7.0.4.0, 7.0.5.3, 7.0.5.4, 7.1.0.0, 7.1.1.0, 7.1.1.1, and 7.1.1.2, stores keystore passwords in plain text after a manual edit, which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 191944.

Published 2021-03-30 · 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 (4.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 4.0% 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 Urbancode Deploy — versions 7.0.3.0, 7.0.4.0, 7.1.0.0
IBM Urbancode Deploy — versions 7.0.3.0, 7.0.4.0, 7.0.5.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437567 (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191944 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4944?: CVE-2020-4944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Urbancode Deploy, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-4944?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.