# CVE-2020-4695: Information disclosure in API Connect

> An attacker can view unencrypted data during database replication in IBM API Connect due to insecure communication channels, leading to confidentiality loss.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:H/UI:N/PR:N/I:N/AV:N/S:U/A:N/C:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-859g-2jp2-5w55

## What is CVE-2020-4695?

CVE-2020-4695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Api Connect, published on 8 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM API Connect V10 is impacted by insecure communications during database replication. As the data replication happens over insecure communication channels, an attacker can view unencrypted data leading to a loss of confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4695?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Api Connect.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-4695?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4695 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-4695 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Api Connect

- [CVE-2019-4202](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4202/): Command injection in API Connect (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-13915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13915/): Authentication bypass in IBM API Connect (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1469](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1469/): Command injection in API Connect (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-9074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9074/): IBM API Connect SQL Injection (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-4008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4008/): Information disclosure in API Connect (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-4695 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-4695 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Api Connect, published on 8 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Api Connect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4695/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4695/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4695
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4695
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4695

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4695/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.