What is CVE-2020-5022?

CVE-2020-5022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-5022?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

CVE-2020-5022

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 may allow unauthenticated and unauthorized access to VDAP proxy which can result in an attacker obtaining information they are not authorized to access. IBM X-Force ID: 193658.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2021-01-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus — versions 10.1.0, 10.1.6
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398754 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193658 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5022?: CVE-2020-5022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-5022?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.