What is CVE-2020-4980?

CVE-2020-4980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-4980?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Qradar

CVE-2020-4980

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3 and 7.4 uses less secure methods for protecting data in transit between hosts when encrypt host connections is not enabled as well as data at rest. IBM X-Force ID: 192539.

Published 2021-07-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.1% 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 Qradar — versions 7.3, 7.4
IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager — versions 7.3.3, 7.4.3
Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6472891 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192539 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4980?: CVE-2020-4980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-4980?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.