CVE-2020-4436
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication,...
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902.
- Record
CVE-2020-4436- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:H/C:H/S:U/PR:L/AC:L/UI:N/I:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25683
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25683- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:H/C:H/S:U/PR:L/AC:L/UI:N/I:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9vrg-pr26-w94g No score
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication,...
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902.
- Record
GHSA-9vrg-pr26-w94g- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to buffer overflow after valid authentication, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code through a service. IBM X-Force ID: 180902.
- Record
CVE-2020-4436- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- ibm aspera application platform on demand
- ibm aspera faspex on demand
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer endpoint
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer server
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer server for cloud pak for integration (cp4i)
- ibm aspera proxy server
- ibm aspera server on demand
- ibm aspera shares on demand
- ibm aspera streaming
- ibm aspera transfer cluster manager
- ibm aspera high-speed transfer server for cloud pak for integration
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-2020-4436 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ibm Aspera Application Platform On Demand, published June 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.09%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.