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CVE-2020-4589

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-4589 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting IBM WebSphere Application Server versions 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0. It allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted serialized objects. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.0.0, <= 7.0.0.45CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0.0, <= 8.0.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0.0, <= 8.5.5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0.0.0, <= 9.0.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0847 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/184585
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/pages/node/6258333
Vendor Advisory