CVE-2016-2908 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM Single Sign On for Bluemix, affecting various IBM Security Access Manager products. This flaw allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the system or cause a denial of service due to improper XML parsing. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact risk with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:security_access_manager_9.0_firmware:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:security_access_manager_9.0_firmware:9.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:security_access_manager_9.0_firmware:9.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware:8.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware:8.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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.