CVE-2020-4381
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an...
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade if GUI specific services are enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 179162.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade if GUI specific services are enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 179162.
- Record
CVE-2020-4381- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:N/UI:N/PR:L/I:N/S:U/AV:N/AC:H/A:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25628
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade if GUI specific services are enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 179162.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25628- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:N/UI:N/PR:L/I:N/S:U/AV:N/AC:H/A:H/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2gg9-xrg4-cvq2 No score
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an...
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade if GUI specific services are enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 179162.
- Record
GHSA-2gg9-xrg4-cvq2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade if GUI specific services are enabled. IBM X-Force ID: 179162.
- Record
CVE-2020-4381- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - 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-2020-4381 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ibm Elastic Storage Server, published August 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.00%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.