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CVE-2020-4957: IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 could disclose sensitive information in URL paramet...

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 could disclose sensitive information in URL parameters that could aid in future attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 192208.

MediumCVSS 5.3Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6 may expose sensitive information inside URL parameters. That information could be captured by logs, proxies, browser history, or monitoring tools and help an attacker plan later activity. The supplied sources rate this as medium severity, with limited confidentiality impact.

Executive priority

Treat as a moderate-priority confidentiality issue. Prioritize remediation if the product manages privileged identity workflows, is externally reachable, or sends full URLs into broadly accessible logging and monitoring systems.

Technical view

CVE-2020-4957 is an information disclosure issue in IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6. The CVSS 3.0 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating remote reachability, no required privileges, no user interaction, and confidentiality-only impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to organizations running IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence 5.2.6. Risk increases where affected URLs pass through shared logs, reverse proxies, SIEM pipelines, browser histories, or support artifacts.

Exploitation context

The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. The issue could aid future attacks by revealing sensitive URL parameter data, but the supplied sources do not describe exploit activity or weaponized public use.

Researcher notes

Key evidence is the IBM description and CVSS vector. No CWE is listed in the bundle. Remediation specifics are not provided in the supplied data, so validation should start with IBM advisory 6586142 and X-Force ID 192208.

Mitigation direction

  • Check IBM advisory 6586142 for vendor-supported fixes or mitigations.
  • Confirm whether version 5.2.6 is still deployed anywhere.
  • Limit access to affected application interfaces until vendor guidance is applied.
  • Reduce retention and exposure of logs containing full URLs.
  • Review proxy, SIEM, and application logging for sensitive query strings.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory deployed IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence versions.
  • Confirm whether any deployment is exactly version 5.2.6.
  • Review IBM advisory and X-Force entry for remediation status.
  • Check application, proxy, and monitoring logs for sensitive URL parameters.
  • Verify affected interfaces are not unnecessarily internet-accessible.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
4

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.3 (3.0)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
3Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
5.3CVSS 3.0MediumCVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U3.91.4Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

5.3Medium
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2020-4957Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/PR:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:U

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
IBMSecurity Identity Governance and Intelligence5.2.6Listed
Weakness

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