Path traversal in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 2.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 144343.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03395 88th 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-2018-1618
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-65jp-fmvg-vc8j
References
More IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-05151 Improper access control in IBM Privileged Identity Manager CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-01459 Improper input validation in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-01143 Command injection in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-01193 Missing authentication in IBM Security Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2018-01446 Cross-site request forgery in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-01492 IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 2.2.1 does not require that… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2018-1618 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-1618 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-65jp-fmvg-vc8j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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