CVE-2020-4686
IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1 could allow a remote user authenticated via LDAP to escalate their...
IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1 could allow a remote user authenticated via LDAP to escalate their privileges and perform actions they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 186678.
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
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1 could allow a remote user authenticated via LDAP to escalate their privileges and perform actions they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 186678.
- Record
CVE-2020-4686- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:H/AV:N/PR:L/UI:N/I:H/S:U/AC:H/A:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-25933
IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1 could allow a remote user authenticated via LDAP to escalate their privileges and perform actions they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 186678.
- Record
EUVD-2020-25933- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:H/AV:N/PR:L/UI:N/I:H/S:U/AC:H/A:N/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r5p7-9wqm-8hrf No score
IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1 could allow a remote user authenticated via LDAP to escalate their...
IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1 could allow a remote user authenticated via LDAP to escalate their privileges and perform actions they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 186678.
- Record
GHSA-r5p7-9wqm-8hrf- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1 could allow a remote user authenticated via LDAP to escalate their privileges and perform actions they should not have access to. IBM X-Force ID: 186678.
- Record
CVE-2020-4686- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- ibm spectrum virtualize
- ibm flashsystem v5000 firmware
- ibm flashsystem v7200 firmware
- ibm flashsystem v9000 firmware
- ibm flashsystem v9100 firmware
- ibm flashsystem v9200 firmware
- ibm san volume controller and storwize family
- ibm san volume controller firmware
- ibm storwize v5000 firmware
- ibm storwize v5000e firmware
- ibm storwize v5100 firmware
- ibm storwize v7000 firmware
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-2020-4686 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Ibm Spectrum Virtualize, published August 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.