CVE-2026-14979 IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion attack
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management via improper handling of XML entity expansion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14979?
CVE-2026-14979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management, published on 17 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 021, 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 009, and 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 DOORS could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of XML entity expansion.
Weakness: CWE-776
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14979?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Engineering Lifecycle Management.
How do I fix CVE-2026-14979?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-14979 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14979 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
- CVE-2026-3660 IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2026-4051 IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to Server Post-Auth Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-3603 IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to XML external entity injection (XXE) attack
- CVE-2025-36033 IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Global Configuration Management is vulnerable to cross-site scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w545-wjm2-rf4h.