November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2020-4427 — IBM Data Risk Manager
IBM Data Risk Manager Security Bypass Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2022-05-03- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- Data Risk Manager
- EPSS
- 99.8th percentile (score 0.927, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4427
CISA short description
IBM Data Risk Manager contains a security bypass vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions when configured with SAML authentication. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the authentication process and gain full administrative access to the system.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.