IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection.

published 2020-10-12 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-25936

cvss: 6.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.4%; EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6346884 advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/UI:R/I:H/C:H/A:H/S:U/PR:H/AC:L/AV:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
NVD	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	8.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6346884
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/186696
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4689
NVD CVE-2020-4689

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