IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection.

published 2021-05-24 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26237

cvss: 7.6; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database. IBM X-Force ID: 192710.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6455265 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/PR:L/C:H/UI:N/A:L/AC:L/I:L/S:U/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	7.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6455265
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/192710
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4990
NVD CVE-2020-4990

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