CVE-2020-4891 - IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials

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IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials

Published Mar 16, 2021

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.27%

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.5 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a local user er to brute force Rest API account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 190974.

Affected products

Vendor IBM Product Spectrum Scale Default
n/a
- Version
  5.0.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  5.0.5.5
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  5.1.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  5.1.0.2
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

IBM

Spectrum Scale

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
5.0.0	affected	-
5.0.5.5	affected	-
5.1.0	affected	-
5.1.0.2	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-307

References (2)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190974
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190974		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6430147		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Mar 16, 2021

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Dec 30, 2019

Link CVE-2020-4891

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-4891

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2020-4891