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CVE-2018-1821
IBM Operational Decision Management 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when…
High7.1EPSS 15.8%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM Operational Decision Management 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9 is 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: 150170.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:L/AV:N/C:H/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.8% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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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 · Operational Decision Management
- affected 8.5
- affected 8.6
- affected 8.7
- affected 8.8
- affected 8.9
References (4)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744149 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 106325 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 46017 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ibm-websphere-cve20181821-xxe(150170) (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)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-1821)Record last updated .