CVE-2020-4427: IBM Data Risk Manager Security Bypass Vulnerability

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS: 70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Data Risk Manager 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, and 2.0.6 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions when configured with SAML authentication. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the authentication process and gain full administrative access to the system. IBM X-Force ID: 180532.

Affected products

• IBM Data Risk Manager: from 2.0.1, up to and including 2.0.6.1

Published 2020-05-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.