Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is vulnerable to authentication bypass (CVE-2020-4216)

Summary IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to use of hard-coded credentials. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-4216 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own...

CVE-2020-4216

CVE-2020-4216 affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus versions 10.1.0–10.1.5 due to hard-coded credentials used for inbound authentication, outbound communication, or internal data encryption. This leads to an authentication bypass vulnerability. The IBM advisory lists a first-fix in 10.1.6 for Spectru...