IBM Verify Gateway (IVG) 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 could disclose potentially sensitive information to an authenticated user due to world readable lo…

published 2020-07-27 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25652

cvss: 3.1; 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 Verify Gateway (IVG) 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 could disclose potentially sensitive information to an authenticated user due to world readable log files. IBM X-Force ID: 179484.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6252479 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.92% 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	3.1	CVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:N/A:N/AC:H/C:L/I:N/UI:N/PR:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Verify Gateway (IVG)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6252479
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/179484
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4405
NVD CVE-2020-4405

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