CVE-2018-1821 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability affecting IBM Operational Decision Management versions 8.5 through 8.9. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to exploit the system by processing malicious XML data. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL) due to its potential for sensitive information disclosure or denial of service through memory exhaustion. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV: No), public exploit code (EDB-46017) is available, though community discussion and media coverage remain low.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.6.0.0, < 8.6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:operational_decision_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.7.0.0, < 8.7.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:operational_decision_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.8.0.0, < 8.8.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:operational_decision_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.9.0.0, < 8.9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:operational_decision_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.