Vulnerability · CVE-2020-4430
IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Published May 7, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · IBM Data Risk Manager
Patch now
CVE-2020-4430 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm IBM Data Risk Manager against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- Medium4.3
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 68.54%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe ibm/data risk manager · vendor IBM Data Risk Manager
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180535.
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- cpe ibm/data risk managerversion unspecified
- vendor IBM Data Risk Managerversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2020-4430
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date May 3, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2020-4430 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm IBM Data Risk Manager against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 68.54%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 7, 2020 · Catalog
Detected
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180535.
Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180535.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-4430
IBM Data Risk Manager contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories and send a specially crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-4430
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-4430
30-day exploitation probability 68.5%
first.org - Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_admin/http/ibm_drm_download
Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.
rapid7.com - Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/ibm_drm_rce
Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.
rapid7.com - Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/ssh/ibm_drm_a3user
Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.
rapid7.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-4430
IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180535.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-4430
IBM Data Risk Manager contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories and send a specially crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.