Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2021 · Assigned by ibm
CVE-2020-4891
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Spectrum Scale from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 190974.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| IBM | Spectrum Scale | 5.0.05.0.5.55.1.05.1.0.2 |
References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ibm-spectrum-cve20204891-info-disc (190974) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF