CVE-2020-4662
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to...
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to improper authentication validation. IBM X-Force ID: 186233.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to improper authentication validation. IBM X-Force ID: 186233.
- Record
CVE-2020-4662- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:N/C:N/UI:N/I:H/PR:L/AC:L/S:U/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25909
6.5
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to improper authentication validation. IBM X-Force ID: 186233.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25909- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:N/C:N/UI:N/I:H/PR:L/AC:L/S:U/RC:C/E:U/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m82w-fp43-whgx No score
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to...
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to improper authentication validation. IBM X-Force ID: 186233.
- Record
GHSA-m82w-fp43-whgx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to improper authentication validation. IBM X-Force ID: 186233.
- Record
CVE-2020-4662- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- 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-2020-4662 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ibm Event Streams, published August 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.29%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.