CVE-2020-4629
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local user with specialized...
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local user with specialized access to obtain sensitive information from a detailed technical error message. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 185370.
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 WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local user with specialized access to obtain sensitive information from a detailed technical error message. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 185370.
- Record
CVE-2020-4629- CVSS 3.0
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/C:L/PR:N/A:N/AC:H/S:U/I:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25876
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local user with specialized access to obtain sensitive information from a detailed technical error message. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 185370.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25876- CVSS 3.0
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:L/C:L/PR:N/A:N/AC:H/S:U/I:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2vj7-qv54-wqmr No score
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local user with specialized...
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local user with specialized access to obtain sensitive information from a detailed technical error message. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 185370.
- Record
GHSA-2vj7-qv54-wqmr- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could allow a local user with specialized access to obtain sensitive information from a detailed technical error message. This information could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 185370.
- Record
CVE-2020-4629- 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
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-209
- 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-2020-4629 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.9) in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published September 30, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.