CVE-2020-4688 Command injection in Security Guardium
A local attacker can execute arbitrary commands on IBM Security Guardium systems due to a command injection vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-4688?
CVE-2020-4688 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 20 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system as an unprivileged user, caused by command injection vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 186700.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4688?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Guardium.
How do I fix CVE-2020-4688?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4688 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-2020-4688 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g8r9-m3mg-hwgh.