CVE-2020-4688
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on...
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system as an unprivileged user, caused by command injection vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 186700.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system as an unprivileged user, caused by command injection vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 186700.
- Record
CVE-2020-4688- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/A:L/AC:L/AV:L/UI:N/C:L/I:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25935
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system as an unprivileged user, caused by command injection vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 186700.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25935- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/S:U/PR:N/A:L/AC:L/AV:L/UI:N/C:L/I:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g8r9-m3mg-hwgh No score
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on...
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system as an unprivileged user, caused by command injection vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 186700.
- Record
GHSA-g8r9-m3mg-hwgh- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Guardium 10.6 and 11.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system as an unprivileged user, caused by command injection vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 186700.
- Record
CVE-2020-4688- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| 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-2020-4688 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Ibm Security Guardium, published January 20, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.