Security Bulletin: Improper Authentication of Websocket Endpoint in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center

Summary

Improper authentication of a websocket endpoint in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4771
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper authentication of a websocket endpoint. By using known tools to subscribe to the websocket event stream, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188993 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6368245&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None