IBM DataPower Gateway 7.1.0.0 - 7.1.0.23, 7.2.0.0 - 7.2.0.21, 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.16, 7.5.1.0 - 7.5.1.15, 7.5.2.0 - 7.5.2.15, and 7.6.0.0 -…

Description

IBM DataPower Gateway 7.1.0.0 - 7.1.0.23, 7.2.0.0 - 7.2.0.21, 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.16, 7.5.1.0 - 7.5.1.15, 7.5.2.0 - 7.5.2.15, and 7.6.0.0 - 7.6.0.8 as well as IBM DataPower Gateway CD 7.7.0.0 - 7.7.1.2 are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 144950.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• Obtain Information
• CWE-611 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-611 and its CVEs

Affected products

• IBM · DataPower Gateways

  • affected 7.1.0.0
  • affected 7.1.0.23
  • affected 7.2.0.0
  • affected 7.2.0.21
  • affected 7.5.0.0
  • affected 7.5.1.0
  • affected 7.6.0.0
  • affected 7.5.2.0
  • affected 7.5.0.16
  • affected 7.5.1.15
  • affected 7.6.0.8
  • affected 7.5.2.15

• IBM · DataPower Gateway CD

  • affected 7.7.0.0
  • affected 7.7.1.2

References (2)

• https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10730489 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ibm-websphere-cve20181669-info-disc(144950) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 22:21 UTC.