IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.4.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly…

published 2021-01-27 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26063

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.4.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 189703.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6408658 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:H/PR:N/I:N/AC:H/UI:R/S:U/A:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
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	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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 Cloud Pak for Security

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6408658
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/189703
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4816
NVD CVE-2020-4816

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