CVE-2012-5756

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance 2.0.0.0 through 2.0.0.3 and 2.1.0.0 through 2.1.0.2, when a collective configuration is enabled, has a single secret key that is shared across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to spoof a container server by (1) sniffing the network to locate a cleartext transmission of this key or (2) leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

Affected products

IBM Websphere Datapower Xc10 Appliance: 2.0.0.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2, 2.0.0.3, 2.1.0.0, 2.1.0.1 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/51319
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM68926
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615783
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033740
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56617
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027798
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79921
http://secunia.com/advisories/51319
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM68926
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615783
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033740
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56617

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