CVE-2020-5021 Auth bypass in Spectrum Protect Plus

Medium 4.0 Published 8 Jan 2021 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Local users can impersonate others because sessions are not invalidated after password resets in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

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-2020-5021?

CVE-2020-5021 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, published on 8 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 does not invalidate session after a password reset which could allow a local user to impersonate another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 193657.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5021?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5021?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5021 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2020-5021 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5021 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6rqr-xfwj-w2q9.