{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4496 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-4496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 13 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4496 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-4496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 13 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4496 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4496/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-4496","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4496/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-4496","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xwhx-6g69-79wc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can intercept traffic between the server and workload agent due to improper certificate validation, risking data exposure.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"security_feature_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"spectrum_protect_plus","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":6.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/C:H/I:N/UI:N/AV:N/AC:H/S:C/PR:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-295","name":"Improper Certificate Validation"}],"description":"The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation. IBM X-Force ID: 182046.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4496","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"security_feature_bypass","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus information disclosure","id":"CVE-2020-4497"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Auth bypass in Engineering Lifecycle Optimization","id":"CVE-2020-4495"},"products":["Spectrum Protect Plus"],"published":"2021-12-13","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4854","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-11-23"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4242","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-31"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Code injection in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2019-4357","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-01"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4469","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-15"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"File upload in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-4703","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-15"},{"cvss_score":7.9,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2019-4383","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-01"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of service in Spectrum Protect Plus","id":"CVE-2020-5023","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-10"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"Attackers can intercept traffic between the server and workload agent due to improper certificate validation, risking data exposure.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4496/"}