CVE-2016-2908

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM Single Sign On for Bluemix could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the system or cause a denial of service.

Affected products

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware: 9.0.0, 9.0.0.1, 9.0.1.0
IBM Security Access Manager For Mobile 8.0 Firmware: 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.1.0, 8.0.1.2 (+2)
IBM Security Access Manager For Web 8.0 Firmware: 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.0.0.3, 8.0.0.5, 8.0.1.0, 8.0.1.2 (+2)

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995531
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95295
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038506
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995531
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95295
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038506

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