Vulnerabilities

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

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

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. 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.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. 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.