Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-5684

Description

iSM client versions from V5.1 prior to V12.1 running on NEC Storage Manager or NEC Storage Manager Express does not verify a server certificate properly, which allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to eavesdrop on an encrypted communication or alter the communication via a crafted certificate.

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Affected products

NEC/Ism Server
cpe:2.3:a:nec:ism_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=5.1,<12.1
NEC/Storage Managerllm-create
Range: <12.1
NEC Corporation/Management software for NEC Storage disk array systemv5
Range: iSM client versions from V5.1 prior to V12.1 running on NEC Storage Manager or NEC Storage Manager Express

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References

jpn.nec.com/security-info/secinfo/nv20-015.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN10100024/index.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory

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