CVE-2020-4778 Weak cryptography in Curam SPM

What is CVE-2020-4778?

CVE-2020-4778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Curam SPM, published on 12 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Curam Social Program Management 7.0.9 and 7.0.10 uses MD5 algorithm for hashing token in a single instance which less safe than default SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm used throughout the Cúram application. IBM X-Force ID: 189156.

Weakness: CWE-327

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4778?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Curam Social Program Management.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4778?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4778 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4778 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Curam SPM

• CVE-2016-6111 XML external entity in Cram Social Program Management Critical 9.1
• CVE-2014-8903 Code injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2020-4779 Auth bypass in Curam SPM High 8.1
• CVE-2020-4772 XML external entity in Curam SPM High 7.1
• CVE-2018-1654 Open redirect in Curam Social Program Management Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wwwx-fgw9-364c.