CVE-2020-27583 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.5.0.0 is affected by deserialization of untrusted data which could allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04233.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Ibm Subscribe	Infosphere Information Server Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/ibm-infosphere-java-deserialization/

History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-01-21T00:00:40.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:18:45.497Z

Reserved: 2020-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-27583

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:18:45.497Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-26T18:15:46.303

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:21:24.620

Link: CVE-2020-27583

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-502

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