CVE-2020-4843
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 stores potentially sensitive information in config files that...
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 stores potentially sensitive information in config files that could be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 190048.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 stores potentially sensitive information in config files that could be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 190048.
- Record
CVE-2020-4843- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/A:N/PR:L/S:C/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26090
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 stores potentially sensitive information in config files that could be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 190048.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26090- CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/A:N/PR:L/S:C/AC:H/C:H/AV:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-47g9-557v-5c66 No score
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 stores potentially sensitive information in config files that...
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 stores potentially sensitive information in config files that could be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 190048.
- Record
GHSA-47g9-557v-5c66- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Security Secret Server 10.6 stores potentially sensitive information in config files that could be read by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 190048.
- Record
CVE-2020-4843- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- 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-2020-4843 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Ibm Security Secret Server, published December 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.