CVE-2026-14979 json
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion attack
published 3mo ago modified 16d ago also EUVD-2026-45300
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 021, 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 009, and 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 DOORS could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of XML entity expansion.
Patch / fix
- ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279963 advisory
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs
References
-
ibm.com
/support/pages/node/7279963
vendor-advisory, patch
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-14979
- NVD CVE-2026-14979
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