XML external entity injection in IBM Security Access Manager
Priority LOW 38CWE-611Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.3 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: 128612.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01405 72nd 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1477
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pc2g-mv23-62mr
References
More IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-02429 XML external entity injection in IBM Access Manager CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2017-01174 OS command injection in IBM Security Access Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-04215 IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0.0 before FP19 and 8.0 before 8.0.1.3 IF3, and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.0
- TI-2016-02534 Cross-site request forgery in IBM Access Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2016-02523 IBM Security Access Manager for Web could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-04209 The SSH implementation on IBM Security Access Manager for Web appliances 7.0 before 7.0.0… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-1477 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-1477 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pc2g-mv23-62mr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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