VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2908

CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-02-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

IBM Single Sign On for Bluemix could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the system or cause a denial of service.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Primary references