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CVE-2020-4430 IBM CVE debrief
CVE-2020-4430 is a directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Data Risk Manager. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03, which means defenders should treat it as a high-priority remediation item and follow IBM’s update guidance.
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- Data Risk Manager
- CVSS
- MEDIUM 4.3
- CISA KEV
- Listed
- Original CVE published
- 2021-11-03
- Original CVE updated
- 2021-11-03
- Advisory published
- 2021-11-03
- Advisory updated
- 2021-11-03
Who should care
IBM Data Risk Manager administrators, vulnerability management teams, patch management teams, and security operations teams responsible for internet-facing or internally exposed IBM Data Risk Manager deployments.
Technical summary
The supplied official records identify CVE-2020-4430 as a directory traversal vulnerability affecting IBM Data Risk Manager. CISA’s KEV listing indicates known exploitation, but the supplied corpus does not include exploit mechanics, impact depth, or a CVSS score. The defensive takeaway is to apply IBM-provided updates and verify that affected instances are no longer vulnerable.
Defensive priority
Urgent — treat as a known exploited vulnerability and remediate immediately if any affected IBM Data Risk Manager instances remain in service.
Recommended defensive actions
- Identify all IBM Data Risk Manager deployments in your environment.
- Confirm whether each instance is affected by CVE-2020-4430 using IBM’s security guidance.
- Apply updates per vendor instructions as directed by CISA KEV.
- Prioritize remediation for exposed or production instances before lower-risk systems.
- Re-scan after patching to verify the vulnerability is no longer present.
- Track this item in your KEV remediation workflow until closure.
Evidence notes
This debrief is limited to the supplied CISA KEV metadata and the linked official CVE/NVD records. The corpus confirms the product, vulnerability class, KEV status, and CISA dateAdded/dueDate, but does not provide a CVSS score, exploit narrative, or vendor advisory text beyond the instruction to apply updates per vendor instructions.
Sources and references
Verified primary and authoritative sources
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CVE-2020-4430 CVE Program record
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-4430
CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.
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CVE-2020-4430 NVD vulnerability detail
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4430
NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.
Supplemental references
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Source item URL
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
cisa_kev
Methodology and review provenance
AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.