CVE-2021-20502

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% 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 Jazz Foundation Products 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: 198059.

Affected products

IBM Engineering Insights: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management: 7.0
IBM Engineering Requirements Quality Assistant: all versions
IBM Engineering Workflow Management: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager: 6.0.2, 6.0.6, 6.0.6.1
IBM Rational Team Concert: 6.0.6, 6.0.6.1, 6.0.6.2

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198059
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198059
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437579

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