CVE-2019-8997

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

An XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability in the Management System (console) of BlackBerry AtHoc versions earlier than 7.6 HF-567 could allow an attacker to potentially read arbitrary local files from the application server or make requests on the network by entering maliciously crafted XML in an existing field.

Affected products

BlackBerry AtHoc: before 7.6_hf-567 — fixed in 7.6_hf-567

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BlackBerry AtHoc 7.6_hf-567. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000047227
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000047227

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