What is CVE-2020-4958?

CVE-2020-4958 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Identity Governance And Intelligence, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2020-4958?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Ibm Security Identity Governance And Intelligence

CVE-2020-4958

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192209.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Security Identity Governance And Intelligence — versions 5.2.6
Ibm Security_identity_governance_and_intelligence — versions 5.2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4958?: CVE-2020-4958 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Security Identity Governance And Intelligence, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2020-4958?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.