CVE-2020-4495

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 2, 2021 at 08:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:20 AM UTC
12 products affected across 1 vendorRational Quality ManagerRational DOORS Next GenerationRational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

IBM Jazz Foundation and IBM Engineering products could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially-crafted request to the REST API, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions, and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 182114.

Remediation

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References (2)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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