IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2020-4430)
Severity: medium · Patch status: patched · Since 2021-11-03 · CVE-2020-4430
IBM Data Risk Manager contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories and send a specially crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system. CISA added CVE-2020-4430 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 3, 2021, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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