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CVE-2020-4559

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4559 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect versions 7.1 and 8.1, stemming from improper input validation. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt service availability. While the vulnerability affects products from IBM, HP, Linux, Microsoft, and Oracle, there is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.1.0.000, <= 8.1.10.000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.1.0.000, <= 7.1.10.000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (7)

esetvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
hyperledgervendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
mariadbvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
omronvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openrefinevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
pnpmvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
twiliovendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (7)

twiliollm-twilio-5040e522145732a4HIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect CertQryResp Unauthenticated Remote DoS

Aug 28, 2020
esetllm-eset-4c032d358ff19e3cHIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect CertQryResp Unauthenticated Remote DoS

Aug 28, 2020
hyperledgerllm-hyperledger-0f67f50d4fbdab0fHIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect CertQryResp Unauthenticated Remote DoS

Aug 28, 2020
pnpmllm-pnpm-e3b2e519b4880898HIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect CertQryResp Unauthenticated Remote DoS

Aug 28, 2020
omronllm-omron-6eb71aa1d605c069HIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect CertQryResp Unauthenticated Remote DoS

Aug 28, 2020
openrefinellm-openrefine-2097e0adc01af236HIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect CertQryResp Unauthenticated Remote DoS

Aug 28, 2020
mariadbllm-mariadb-ff31d6418b544ee2HIGH

IBM Spectrum Protect CertQryResp Unauthenticated Remote DoS

Aug 28, 2020

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/183613
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6323757
PatchVendor Advisory