CVE-2020-4889
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.29% (22nd) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.4 and 5.1.0 could allow a local user to poison log files which could impact support and development efforts. IBM X-Force ID: 190971.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
4.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–4
v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4
v3.04mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 2.5 · impact 1.4
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weaknesses
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CWE-532USLLM-inferred
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affected products (5)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190971cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4889cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-vulnerability-in-ibm-spectrum-scale-allows-to-inject-malicious-content-into-command-log-files-cve-2020-4889/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6405776cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190971enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6405776enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190971VDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6405776PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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