CVE-2020-4693
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.10 and 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.9 may...
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.10 and 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.9 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of data prior to export. IBM X-Force ID: 186782.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.10 and 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.9 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of data prior to export. IBM X-Force ID: 186782.
- Record
CVE-2020-4693- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/I:H/AC:L/A:N/UI:N/PR:N/S:U/AV:N/C:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25940
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.10 and 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.9 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of data prior to export. IBM X-Force ID: 186782.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25940- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/I:H/AC:L/A:N/UI:N/PR:N/S:U/AV:N/C:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8qjw-wjp9-mh9g No score
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.10 and 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.9 may...
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.10 and 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.9 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of data prior to export. IBM X-Force ID: 186782.
- Record
GHSA-8qjw-wjp9-mh9g- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1.0.000 through 7.1.10 and 8.1.0.000 through 8.1.9 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of data prior to export. IBM X-Force ID: 186782.
- Record
CVE-2020-4693- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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-2020-4693 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center, published September 2, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.54%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.