The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a ma…

published 2021-12-13 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25743

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 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation. IBM X-Force ID: 182046.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525346 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/C:H/I:N/UI:N/AV:N/AC:H/S:C/PR:N/A:N/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 Spectrum Protect Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6525346
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/182046
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4496
NVD CVE-2020-4496

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