---
id: "CVE-2020-4430"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2020-4430"]
title: "IBM Data Risk Manager: IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 4.3
epss: 0.68544
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "IBM Data Risk Manager", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "ibm-data-risk-manager", "self-hosted", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2020-05-07T20:15:12+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2020-4430", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-4430", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4430", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# IBM Data Risk Manager: IBM Data Risk Manager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

IBM Data Risk Manager has a directory traversal flaw that lets a logged-in attacker craft a URL to download arbitrary files from the server. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:IBM Data Risk Manager affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the updates per IBM's vendor instructions; the sources do not name a fixed version.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2020-4430
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-4430
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4430

## From the sources

IBM Data Risk Manager contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to traverse directories and send a specially crafted URL request to download arbitrary files from the system.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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