{"id":"CVE-2020-4411","aliases":["EUVD-2020-25658","GHSA-fv83-f7r2-29wc"],"status":"published","title":"The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is...","description":"The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/I:N/C:N/UI:N/PR:N/AV:L/S:C/A:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00335,"percentile":0.27017,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"published":"2020-05-19T13:15:19Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:19:57Z","products":[{"vendor":"ibm","product":"spectrum scale"},{"vendor":"ibm","product":"spectrum_scale"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6209002","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179986","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred","VDB Entry","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4411"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fv83-f7r2-29wc"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-4411","description":"The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.","status":"published","published":"2020-05-19T13:15:19.755Z","modified":"2024-09-17T02:12:04.316Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/I:N/C:N/UI:N/PR:N/AV:L/S:C/A:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:55.797746Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-25658","description":"The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.","status":"published","published":"2020-05-19T13:15:19Z","modified":"2024-09-17T02:12:04Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AC:L/I:N/C:N/UI:N/PR:N/AV:L/S:C/A:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:28:42.412483Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-fv83-f7r2-29wc","title":"The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is...","description":"The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:18:09Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:02:34Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:45:07.130995Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-4411","description":"The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in its kernel module that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, a local attacker could invoke a subset of ioctls on the Spectrum Scale device with non-valid arguments. This could allow the attacker to crash the kernel. IBM X-Force ID: 179986.","status":"published","published":"2020-05-19T14:15:11.597Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:19:57.433Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:00.784809Z"}]}}