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TI-2018-01727 Aliases CVE-2018-1997GHSA-xcgx-f24f-jj4r

IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, and…

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Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, and 18.0.0.2 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An authenticated attacker might send a specially crafted request that exhausts server-side memory. IBM X-Force ID: 154774.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01358 71st 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
IBMBusiness Automation Workflow18.0.0.0; 18.0.0.1; 18.0.0.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Business Automation Workflow VendorIBM Affected 18.0.0.0; 18.0.0.1; 18.0.0.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 11

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.0.0.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.0.0.1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.0.0.2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.5.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.6.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.6.0:cf1:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.6.0 cf1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.6.0:cf2:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.6.0 cf2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.7.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.7.0:cf2017.06:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.7.0 cf2017.06VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.6.0.0VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.0.0.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.0.0.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:18.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.0.0.2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.5.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.6.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.6.0:cf1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.6.0 cf1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.6.0:cf2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.6.0 cf2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.7.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.5.7.0:cf2017.06:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.7.0 cf2017.06 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.6.0.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
Show 1 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.6.0.0:cf2018.03:*:*:*:*:*:*8.6.0.0 cf2018.03VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_process_manager:8.6.0.0:cf2018.03:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.6.0.0 cf2018.03 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1997
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xcgx-f24f-jj4r

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2022-21536 IBM Business Automation Workflow information disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-01487 SQL injection in IBM Business Process Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-03267 XML external entity injection in IBM Business Automation Workflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2018-01730 Cross-site request forgery in IBM Business Automation Workflow CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-20639 IBM Business Automation Workflow cross-site request forgery CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-11979 XML eXternal Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
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Sources

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