CVE-2020-4180 Command injection in Security Guardium

High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on IBM Security Guardium systems via specially crafted requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-4180?

CVE-2020-4180 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 3 Jun 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Guardium 11.1 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 174735.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4180?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Guardium.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4180?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2020-4180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Security Guardium vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r2p3-gfmw-m9m4.

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