CVE-2021-20482

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 20.0.2 and 20.0.3 IF002 are vulnerable to an 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: 197504.

Affected products

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation: 20.0.2, 20.0.3-interim_fix002

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197504
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437577
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197504
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437577

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