IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0.1 and 4.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical erro…

published 2020-07-29 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25819

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0.1 and 4.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 184179.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6253781 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AC:L/A:N/AV:N/I:N/C:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/RC:C/RL:O/E:U
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	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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 Key Lifecycle Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6253781
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/184179
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4572
NVD CVE-2020-4572

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