Hazard

Is CVE-2020-4428 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

IBM Data Risk Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

IBM · Data Risk Manager

CVSS 9.1 EPSS 62% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 3 May 2022

What it is

IBM Data Risk Manager contains an unspecified vulnerability which could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to execute commands on the system.�

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 62%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2022-05-03) has passed
  • CVSS 9.1 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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