{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4638 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-4638 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Api Connect, published on 3 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4638 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-4638 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Api Connect, published on 3 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4638 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ibm Api Connect. 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-2020-4638/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4638/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-4638","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4638/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-4638","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7pvf-3gfc-6366"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cloud_service","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IBM API Connect","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An invitee can escalate privileges by manipulating the invitation link in IBM API Connect's API Manager.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"api_connect","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/I:H/AC:L/S:U/C:H/AV:N/PR:H/A:H/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"description":"IBM API Connect's API Manager 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.12 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An invitee to an API Provider organization can escalate privileges by manipulating the invitation link. IBM X-Force ID: 185508.","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":"Privilege escalation in API Connect","id":"CVE-2020-4638","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ibm:api_connect","products":["ibm:api_connect"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in API Connect","id":"CVE-2020-4640"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Command injection in Resilient OnPrem","id":"CVE-2020-4636"},"products":["API Connect"],"published":"2020-09-03","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Command injection in API Connect","id":"CVE-2019-4202","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-04-15"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Authentication bypass in IBM API Connect","id":"CVE-2025-13915","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-26"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Command injection in API Connect","id":"CVE-2018-1469","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-04-04"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"IBM API Connect SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2026-9074","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-08"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Information disclosure in API Connect","id":"CVE-2019-4008","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-02-07"},{"cvss_score":8.9,"headline":"Server-side request forgery in API Connect","id":"CVE-2019-4203","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-04-15"},{"cvss_score":8.9,"headline":"Code injection in API Connect","id":"CVE-2018-1774","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-11-09"}],"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":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"An invitee can escalate privileges by manipulating the invitation link in IBM API Connect's API Manager.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4638/"}