CVE-2020-4689
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.
- Record
CVE-2020-4689- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:R/I:H/C:H/A:H/S:U/PR:H/AC:L/AV:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25936
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25936- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/UI:R/I:H/C:H/A:H/S:U/PR:H/AC:L/AV:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5q7j-38f7-wf38 No score
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could...
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.
- Record
GHSA-5q7j-38f7-wf38- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Guardium 11.2 is vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote privileged attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-ForceID: 186696.
- Record
CVE-2020-4689- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 8.5 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-1236
- 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-2020-4689 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Ibm Security Guardium, published October 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.35%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.