IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failur…

published 2021-01-21 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26216

cvss: 2.6; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6403257 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	2.6	CVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/PR:N/I:N/AC:H/AV:A/E:U/RC:C/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	2.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence

Classification

Weakness

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6403257
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/192428
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4969
NVD CVE-2020-4969

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