CVE-2020-4559
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due ti...
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due ti improper validation of user-supplied input. IBM X-Force ID: 183613.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due ti improper validation of user-supplied input. IBM X-Force ID: 183613.
- Record
CVE-2020-4559- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:N/AV:N/C:N/S:U/AC:H/A:H/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25806
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due ti improper validation of user-supplied input. IBM X-Force ID: 183613.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25806- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:N/AV:N/C:N/S:U/AC:H/A:H/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7qc3-284q-8wvm No score
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due ti...
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due ti improper validation of user-supplied input. IBM X-Force ID: 183613.
- Record
GHSA-7qc3-284q-8wvm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service due ti improper validation of user-supplied input. IBM X-Force ID: 183613.
- Record
CVE-2020-4559- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2020-4559 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Spectrum Protect, published August 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.