VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-1840
CVSS score6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused when a security domain is configured to use a federated repository other than global federated repository and then migrated to a newer release of WebSphere Application Server. IBM X-Force ID: 150813.
Weakness classification
- CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
Primary references
- psirt@us.ibm.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- psirt@us.ibm.com — VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- psirt@us.ibm.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory