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CVE-2018-1821

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM Operational Decision Management 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9 is 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: 150170.

Affected products

• IBM Operational Decision Manager: from 8.6.0.0 before 8.6.0.3; from 8.7.0.0 before 8.7.1.2; from 8.8.0.0 before 8.8.1.3; from 8.9.0.0 before 8.9.2.1 — fixed in 8.6.0.3, 8.7.1.2, 8.8.1.3, 8.9.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Operational Decision Manager 8.6.0.3, 8.7.1.2, 8.8.1.3, 8.9.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106325
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150170
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46017/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744149
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106325
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150170
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46017/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744149

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