CVE-2019-4406: IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 7.1 and 8.1 may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a timing issue between client and server TCP/IP communications. IBM X-Force ID: 162477.

Affected products

• IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client: from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.8.6; from 8.1.0.0, up to and including 8.1.8.0

Published 2019-11-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.