CVE-2014-8918

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

IBM Security AppScan Standard 8.x and 9.x before 9.0.1.1 FP1 does not properly verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Affected products

IBM Corporation AppScan Enterprise: 8.0.0.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.5.0.0, 8.5.0.1 (+9)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21695170
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99304
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21695170
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99304

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