IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 Virtual Appliance could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information usi…

published 2020-08-05 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25490

cvss: 3.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 Virtual Appliance could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques due to not properly invalidating session tokens. IBM X-Force ID: 175420.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6255972 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	3.7	CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/S:U/I:N/PR:N/AV:N/C:L/UI:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence

Classification

Weakness

CWE-384 Session Fixation

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6255972
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/175420
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4243
NVD CVE-2020-4243

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