Vulnerability · Published Mar 30, 2021 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2021-20482

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Cloud Pak for Automation from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 20.0.2 and 20.0.3 IF002 are 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: 197504.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Cloud Pak for Automation	20.0.220.0.3.IF002

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437577 x_refsource_CONFIRM
ibm-baw-cve202120482-xxe (197504) vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF