CVE-2018-1840

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-668

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a security domain is configured to use a federated repository other than global federated repository and then migrated to a newer release of WebSphere Application Server. IBM X-Force ID: 150813.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: from 8.5.0.0 through 8.5.5.14; from 9.0.0.0 through 9.0.0.9

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150813
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10735767
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150813
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10735767

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