CVE-2016-2908

critical

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.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038506

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95295

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995531

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-01

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00949