IBM Jazz Foundation and IBM Engineering products could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access c…

published 2021-06-02 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-25742

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.6%; EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM Jazz Foundation and IBM Engineering products could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially-crafted request to the REST API, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions, and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 182114.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6457739 advisory

Exploit prediction

2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/PR:L/I:H/AC:L/A:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

IBM Engineering Test Management
IBM Rational Quality Manager
IBM Rational Rhapsody Model Manager
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization
IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager
IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management
IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6457739
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/182114
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-4495
NVD CVE-2020-4495

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Summary