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CVE-2020-26513

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

An issue was discovered in Intland codeBeamer ALM 10.x through 10.1.SP4. The ReqIF XML data, used by the codebeamer ALM application to import projects, is parsed by insecurely configured software components, which can be abused for XML External Entity Attacks.

Affected products

• PTC Codebeamer: from 10.0.0 before 10.1.0; 10.1.0, 10.1.0-sp1, 10.1.0-sp2, 10.1.0-sp3, 10.1.0-sp4 — fixed in 10.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PTC Codebeamer 10.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2020-09_CSNC-2020-008_Intland_codeBeamer_ALM_XXE.txt
• https://intland.com/codebeamer/application-lifecycle-management/
• https://compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2020-09_CSNC-2020-008_Intland_codeBeamer_ALM_XXE.txt
• https://intland.com/codebeamer/application-lifecycle-management/

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