IBM Verify Gateway (IVG) 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 transmits sensitive information in plain text which could be obtained by an attacker using man in…

published 2020-07-22 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25644

cvss: 6.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Verify Gateway (IVG) 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 transmits sensitive information in plain text which could be obtained by an attacker using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 179428.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6251321 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AV:N/A:N/AC:H/UI:N/I:N/S:C/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
NVD	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Verify Gateway (IVG)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6251321
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/179428
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4397
NVD CVE-2020-4397

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