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TI-2016-05156 Aliases CVE-2016-5971GHSA-2x7p-4c9v-v356

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8…

Priority LOW 33CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.011 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.0.2VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5971
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2x7p-4c9v-v356

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2016-05150 IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-05146 IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-05155 Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM)… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2016-02544 IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2016-05157 IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2016-05158 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Security Privileged… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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