CVE-2026-18529 IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component Code Execution
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via improper sanitization in the Esri Location Service component of IBM Maximo Application Suite.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-18529?
CVE-2026-18529 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component, published on 12 Oct 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component 9.2, 9.1, and 9.0 is vulnerable to command injection due to improper sanitisation of a user-controlled value passed to a shell command in a Kubernetes operator task.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18529?
How do I fix CVE-2026-18529?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18529 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-18529 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18529 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x88v-wqgp-4r5r.