CVE-2018-1669

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM DataPower Gateway 7.1.0.0 - 7.1.0.23, 7.2.0.0 - 7.2.0.21, 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.16, 7.5.1.0 - 7.5.1.15, 7.5.2.0 - 7.5.2.15, and 7.6.0.0 - 7.6.0.8 as well as IBM DataPower Gateway CD 7.7.0.0 - 7.7.1.2 are 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: 144950.

Affected products

IBM DataPower Gateway 11.0.0: from 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.0.23; from 7.2.0.0 through 7.2.0.21; from 7.5.0.0 through 7.5.0.16; from 7.5.1.0 through 7.5.1.15; from 7.5.2.0 through 7.5.2.15; from 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.8

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