CVE-2020-4591
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.000 could disclose sensitive information in...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-4591- CVSS 3.0
- 2.9 Low
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25838
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25838- CVSS 3.0
- 2.9 Low
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6xvh-rff7-qx7f No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.10.000 could disclose sensitive information in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-6xvh-rff7-qx7f- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-4591- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-311
- 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-2020-4591 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.9) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Server, published August 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.