CVE-2020-5023
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 could allow a remote user to inject arbitrary data iwhich could cause the serivce to crash due to excess resource consumption.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 could allow a remote user to inject arbitrary data iwhich could cause the serivce to crash due to excess resource consumption. IBM X-Force ID: 193659.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.31% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- ibm/spectrum protect plus
- Source
- psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193659VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6410888Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193659VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6410888Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.