IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failur…

published 2020-05-28 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25480

cvss: 3.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to set the secure flag for the session cookie in SSL mode. By intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to capture the cookie and obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 175360.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6207912 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/PR:N/UI:N/A:N/AC:H/S:U/AV:N/C:L/I:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
NVD	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence

Classification

Weakness

CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6207912
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/175360
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4233
NVD CVE-2020-4233

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