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CVE-2020-4430

IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

  • Medium 4.3
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Nov 2021

Description

IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180535.

Key facts

Published
7 May 2020
Last changed
12 Jan 2026
Assigned by
ibm
KEV added
3 Nov 2021
KEV fix due
3 May 2022
EPSS
68.544% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.35% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: partial

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 4.3CVSS 3.0, Mediumfrom the CNA (ibm)CVSS:3.0/S:U/AV:N/A:N/AC:L/C:L/PR:L/UI:N/I:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IBMData Risk Manager
  • 2.0.1 (affected)
  • 2.0.2 (affected)
  • 2.0.3 (affected)
  • 2.0.4 (affected)
  • 2.0.5 (affected)
  • 2.0.6 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 7 May 2020 Published
  2. 3 Nov 2021 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

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References