CVE-2020-5001 IBM Financial Transaction Manager path traversal

Medium 4.3 Published 1 Mar 2023 Updated 6 Mar 2025

Remote attackers can traverse directories to view arbitrary files on IBM Financial Transaction Manager servers.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-5001?

CVE-2020-5001 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Ibm Financial Transaction Manager, published on 1 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Financial Transaction Manager 3.2.0 through 3.2.7 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 192953.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5001?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Financial Transaction Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5001?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5001 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2020-5001 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5001 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Financial Transaction Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8gf6-h6wm-2vf6.