Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-5021

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 does not invalidate session after a password reset which could allow a local user to impersonate another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 193657.

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Affected products

IBM/Spectrum Protectllm-fuzzy
Range: 10.1.0 - 10.1.6
IBM/Spectrum Protect Servercpe-rescue
Range: 10.1.0
IBM/Spectrum Protect Plus
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=10.1.0,<10.1.7

Patches

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References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398754nvdPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193657nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory

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