IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is affected by a weak password encryption vulnerability that could allow a local user to obtain high…

published 2018-10-18 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-12097

cvss: 6.2; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits: 0; none known

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is affected by a weak password encryption vulnerability that could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 141682.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22017446 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.2	CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:L/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
CNA	3.0	6.2	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg22017446
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/141682
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-1518
NVD CVE-2018-1518

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