CVE-2020-4254
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 1.0 (SonarG) uses weaker than expected cryptographic...
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 1.0 (SonarG) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 175560.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 1.0 (SonarG) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 175560.
- Record
CVE-2020-4254- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/A:N/AV:N/C:H/I:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25501
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 1.0 (SonarG) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 175560.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25501- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/A:N/AV:N/C:H/I:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pqvm-jxcc-r49r No score
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 1.0 (SonarG) uses weaker than expected cryptographic...
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 1.0 (SonarG) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 175560.
- Record
GHSA-pqvm-jxcc-r49r- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 1.0 (SonarG) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 175560.
- Record
CVE-2020-4254- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-327
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-4254 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence, published October 16, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.