CVE-2020-4925
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A security vulnerability in the Spectrum Scale 5.0 and 5.1 allows a non-root user to overflow the mmfsd daemon with requests and preventing the daemon to service other requests. IBM X-Force ID: 191599.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–6.2
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affected products (4)
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references (10)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-4925/cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191599cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-API-Connect-denial-of-service-via-Spectrum-Scale-34462cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-impacted-by-insecure-web-server-configuration-cve-2020-4925/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6410506Patchcnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6560094cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191599enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6560094enisa_euvd
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