CVE-2020-4428

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.1 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 62%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · Metasploit · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180533.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
81
EG Risk 81/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
62%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

CISA SSVCTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

May 7, 2020

Last Modified

November 4, 2025

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 1, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-4428
generic

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities exist in IBM Data Risk Manager (CVE-2020-4427, CVE-2020-4428, CVE-2020-4429, and CVE-2020-4430)

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6206875
generic

IBM X-Force Exchange

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180533
generic Patch Available

Full Disclosure: 4 vulnerabilities in ibmsecurity

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/1
generic Patch Available

Full Disclosure: 32 vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Access

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/0

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 52× in last 7d / 230× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 942 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 10:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 02:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 14:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-03 14:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-03 14:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-03 10:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-03 06:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-03 02:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-02 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-02 17:54 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-02 17:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-02 16:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-10-02 13:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-02 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-02 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-10-02 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-01 21:26 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-01 21:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-10-01 19:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-10-01 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-01 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-10-01 09:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-01 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-01 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-30 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-30 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-30 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-30 14:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-30 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-30 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-30 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-29 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-29 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-29 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-29 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-29 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-28 23:41 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-28 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-28 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-28 15:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-28 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-28 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-28 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-27 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-27 21:51 UTCCISA KEV update
  26. 2026-09-27 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-27 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-27 10:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-27 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-27 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-26 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-26 18:23 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-26 18:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-26 15:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-09-26 15:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-26 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-26 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-26 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-09-26 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-25 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-25 19:35 UTCCISA KEV update
  42. 2026-09-25 17:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-25 14:55 UTCCISA KEV update
  44. 2026-09-25 13:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-25 09:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-25 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-25 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-24 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-24 19:31 UTCCISA KEV update
  50. 2026-09-24 17:14 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-24 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-24 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-09-24 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-24 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-24 04:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-24 00:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-23 20:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-23 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-09-23 16:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-23 12:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-23 08:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-23 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-23 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-22 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-09-22 19:36 UTCCISA KEV update
  66. 2026-09-22 16:08 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-09-22 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-22 14:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-09-22 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-22 07:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-22 03:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-21 23:45 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-09-21 23:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-21 20:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-09-21 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Metasploitexploit/linux/http/ibm_drm_rce✓ verified
    First seen Apr 21, 2020

    IBM Data Risk Manager Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2020-4428?
CVE-2020-4428 is a critical vulnerability published on May 7, 2020. IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, and 2.0.4 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180533.
When was CVE-2020-4428 disclosed?
CVE-2020-4428 was first published on May 7, 2020, with the most recent update on November 4, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-4428 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2020-4428 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting IBM Data Risk Manager. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-4428?
CVE-2020-4428 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2020-4428?
CVE-2020-4428 affects IBM Data Risk Manager.
How do I remediate CVE-2020-4428?
A fix for CVE-2020-4428 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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