CVE-2018-1970 XML external entity in Security Identity Manager

What is CVE-2018-1970?

CVE-2018-1970 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Identity Manager, published on 4 Feb 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1 is vulnerable to a 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: 153751.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1970?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Access Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1970?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Identity Manager

• CVE-2018-1722 Code injection in Security Access Manager Appliance Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-3028 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2018-1850 Missing authorization in Security Access Manager Appliance High 8.8
• CVE-2016-3025 Security feature bypass in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2023-30997 IBM Security Access Manager Docker privilege escalation High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-f67q-prq8-2xc6.