01 Record
CVE-2020-4638
IBM API Connect's API Manager 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.12 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An invitee to an API Provider organization can escalate privileges by manipulating the invitation
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score7.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/I:H/AC:L/S:U/C:H/AV:N/PR:H/A:H/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
02 Description
IBM API Connect's API Manager 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.12 is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An invitee to an API Provider organization can escalate privileges by manipulating the invitation
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-09-03 13:55Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:16Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/I:H/AC:L/S:U/C:H/AV:N/PR:H/A:H/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1971d71739b9f562efd55b8bf70da775d7d277e26584f1ece42cc190a56cec45
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6324751
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-api-cve20204638-priv-escalation (185508)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185508