{"id":"CVE-2020-4325","aliases":["EUVD-2020-25572","GHSA-f726-9xgv-wf6h"],"status":"published","title":"The IBM Process Federation Server 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, and 19.0.0.3 Global...","description":"The IBM Process Federation Server 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, and 19.0.0.3 Global Teams REST API does not properly shutdown the thread pools that it creates to retrieve Global Teams information from the federated systems. As a consequence, the Java Virtual Machine can't recover the memory used by those thread pools, which leads to an OutOfMemory exception when the Process Federation Server Global Teams REST API is used extensively. IBM X-Force ID: 177596.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/C:N/S:U/A:H/PR:L/I:N/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.01456,"percentile":0.7371,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-119","CWE-404"],"published":"2020-04-02T14:20:22Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:19:50Z","products":[{"vendor":"ibm","product":"automation workstream services in cloud pak for automation"},{"vendor":"ibm","product":"cloud_pak_for_automation"},{"vendor":"ibm","product":"process federation server"},{"vendor":"ibm","product":"process_federation_server"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6125403","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177596","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred","VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4325"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f726-9xgv-wf6h"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-4325","description":"The IBM Process Federation Server 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, and 19.0.0.3 Global Teams REST API does not properly shutdown the thread pools that it creates to retrieve Global Teams information from the federated systems. As a consequence, the Java Virtual Machine can't recover the memory used by those thread pools, which leads to an OutOfMemory exception when the Process Federation Server Global Teams REST API is used extensively. IBM X-Force ID: 177596.","status":"published","published":"2020-04-02T14:20:22.033Z","modified":"2024-09-16T20:07:20.525Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/C:N/S:U/A:H/PR:L/I:N/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:56.213477Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-25572","description":"The IBM Process Federation Server 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, and 19.0.0.3 Global Teams REST API does not properly shutdown the thread pools that it creates to retrieve Global Teams information from the federated systems. As a consequence, the Java Virtual Machine can't recover the memory used by those thread pools, which leads to an OutOfMemory exception when the Process Federation Server Global Teams REST API is used extensively. IBM X-Force ID: 177596.","status":"published","published":"2020-04-02T14:20:22Z","modified":"2024-09-16T20:07:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/C:N/S:U/A:H/PR:L/I:N/AV:N/AC:L/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:16.813871Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-f726-9xgv-wf6h","title":"The IBM Process Federation Server 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, and 19.0.0.3 Global...","description":"The IBM Process Federation Server 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, and 19.0.0.3 Global Teams REST API does not properly shutdown the thread pools that it creates to retrieve Global Teams information from the federated systems. As a consequence, the Java Virtual Machine can't recover the memory used by those thread pools, which leads to an OutOfMemory exception when the Process Federation Server Global Teams REST API is used extensively. IBM X-Force ID: 177596.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:13:19Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:02:07Z","cwes":["CWE-119"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:44:59.63481Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-4325","description":"The IBM Process Federation Server 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, and 19.0.0.3 Global Teams REST API does not properly shutdown the thread pools that it creates to retrieve Global Teams information from the federated systems. As a consequence, the Java Virtual Machine can't recover the memory used by those thread pools, which leads to an OutOfMemory exception when the Process Federation Server Global Teams REST API is used extensively. IBM X-Force ID: 177596.","status":"published","published":"2020-04-02T15:15:17.843Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:19:50.07Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-404"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:05:57.678762Z"}]}}