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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-25926 json

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager XML external entity injection

published 2024-02-29 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-29814

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.1.1 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 247599.

Patch / fix

  • ibm security_guardium_key_lifecycle_manager 4.1.1.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager

Classification

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

References

Sources

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