IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, caused by improper session validation . By using the configuration panel to obtain a valid session using an attacker controlled IBM Spectrum Protect server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and gain access to a limited number of debug functions, such as logging levels. IBM X-Force ID: 192153.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4954
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192153
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6404966