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TI-2020-03659 Aliases CVE-2020-4246GHSA-xp85-5pp4-g3q5

XML external entity injection in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence

Priority LOW 34CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 175481.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01398 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMSecurity Identity Governance and Intelligence5.2.6—No fix listedCNA
  • Security Identity Governance and Intelligence VendorIBM Affected 5.2.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_governance_and_intelligence:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.6VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_governance_and_intelligence:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.6 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-4246
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xp85-5pp4-g3q5

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2018-01548 SQL injection in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-04173 Missing authentication in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-01691 Hard-coded credentials in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-01143 Command injection in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-01193 Missing authentication in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2020-04064 IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 could disclose sensitive… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
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Sources

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