CVE-2020-4242

8.8 highEPSS 4.6%

High (8.8) in ibm. EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 175419.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2020-03-31
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:spectrum_protect_plus
ibm:spectrum_scale

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175419
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175419
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6114130

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