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CVE-2026-14979

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion attack

Medium5.3EPSS 0.55%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ibm

Description

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 021, 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 009, and 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 DOORS could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of XML entity expansion.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-14979, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ibmCNA (assigner)3.1Medium5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.

Weakness

Affected products

  • IBM · Engineering Lifecycle Management

    • affected 7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001 – ≤ ) Interim Fix 021
    • affected 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001 – ≤ ) Interim Fix 009
    • affected 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001

What to do

Solution: IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to iFixes detailed below: Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation/Fix/Instructions IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation 7.0.3Download and install  iFix022 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation 7.1.0Download and install  iFix010 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation 7.2.0Download and install  iFix002 https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes

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