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CVE-2020-4428 — IBM Data Risk Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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HIGH severity🔴 Actively Exploited · CISA KEV

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Overview

IBM Data Risk Manager contains an unspecified vulnerability which could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to execute commands on the system.�

Vulnerability details

CVE ID: CVE-2020-4428
Vulnerability: IBM Data Risk Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: IBM
Affected products: IBM: Data Risk Manager
Severity: HIGH
Exploitation status: Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
Published: 2021-11-03

Remediation guidance

CVE-2020-4428 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for IBM the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

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