Improper authentication in IBM Event Streams
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 could allow an authenticated user to perform tasks to a schema due to improper authentication validation. IBM X-Force ID: 186233.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01291 70th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-4662
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m82w-fp43-whgx
References
More IBM Event Streams vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-10461 Improper privilege management in IBM Event Streams CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2018-01613 IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0 could allow a remote attacker to submit an API request with a… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2020-4662 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-4662 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m82w-fp43-whgx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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