An XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability in the Management System (console) of BlackBerry AtHoc versions earlier than 7.6 HF-56…

published 2019-03-21 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-18384

cvss: 5.9; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

An XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability in the Management System (console) of BlackBerry AtHoc versions earlier than 7.6 HF-567 could allow an attacker to potentially read arbitrary local files from the application server or make requests on the network by entering maliciously crafted XML in an existing field.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

blackberry athoc 7.6_hf-567

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Exploit prediction

2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a BlackBerry AtHoc

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

support.blackberry.com /kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000047227
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-8997
NVD CVE-2019-8997

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