CVE-2020-4899
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 could potentially leak sensitive information or allow...
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 could potentially leak sensitive information or allow for data corruption due to plain text transmission of sensitive information across the network. IBM X-Force ID: 190990.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- 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 API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 could potentially leak sensitive information or allow for data corruption due to plain text transmission of sensitive information across the network. IBM X-Force ID: 190990.
- Record
CVE-2020-4899- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/S:U/AC:H/AV:N/I:H/A:N/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26146
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 could potentially leak sensitive information or allow for data corruption due to plain text transmission of sensitive information across the network. IBM X-Force ID: 190990.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26146- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/S:U/AC:H/AV:N/I:H/A:N/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/RL:O/RC:C/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hv8p-8h35-vgf5 No score
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 could potentially leak sensitive information or allow...
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 could potentially leak sensitive information or allow for data corruption due to plain text transmission of sensitive information across the network. IBM X-Force ID: 190990.
- Record
GHSA-hv8p-8h35-vgf5- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.8.10 could potentially leak sensitive information or allow for data corruption due to plain text transmission of sensitive information across the network. IBM X-Force ID: 190990.
- Record
CVE-2020-4899- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- 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-2020-4899 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Ibm Api Connect, published January 5, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.