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TI-2020-04180 Aliases CVE-2020-4970GHSA-gvr9-xcjw-7m25

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in IBM Security Identity Governance and…

Priority LOW 28CWE-319Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.

Summary

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.4, 5.2.5, and 5.2.6 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 192429.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00736 54th 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 Intelligence5.2.4; 5.2.5; 5.2.6—No fix listedCNA
  • Security Identity Governance and Intelligence VendorIBM Affected 5.2.4; 5.2.5; 5.2.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_manager:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.4VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_manager:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.5VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_manager:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.6VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_manager:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.4 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_manager:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.5 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_identity_manager: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-2020-4970
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gvr9-xcjw-7m25

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-01707 Unrestricted file upload in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-03415 Hard-coded credentials in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-03343 Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-01143 Command injection in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-01337 Unrestricted file upload in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-01193 Missing authentication in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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