CVE-2020-4854 Hardcoded credentials in Spectrum Protect Plus

What is CVE-2020-4854?

CVE-2020-4854 is a critical vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 23 Nov 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 thorugh 10.1.6 contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 190454.

Weakness: CWE-798

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-4854?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus.

How do I fix CVE-2020-4854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-4854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-4854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-4854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

• CVE-2020-4242 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.8
• CVE-2019-4357 Code injection in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.2
• CVE-2020-4469 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.1
• CVE-2020-4703 File upload in Spectrum Protect Plus High 8.0
• CVE-2019-4383 Privilege escalation in Spectrum Protect Plus High 7.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-f47g-66v9-rjwr.