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CVE-2020-4591
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.000 could disclose sensitive information in nondefault settings due to occasionally…
Low2.9EPSS 0.20%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.000 could disclose sensitive information in nondefault settings due to occasionally not encrypting the second chunk of an object in an encrypted container pool. IBM X-Force ID: 184746.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.9 | CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/C:L/S:U/AV:L/I:N/PR:N/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.9.
Weakness
- Obtain Information
- CWE-311 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-311 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 8.1.0.000
- affected 8.1.10.000
References (2)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6323765 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204591-info-disc (184746) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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