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CVE-2018-1388

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1388 is a high-severity vulnerability in GSKit V7, affecting IBM WebSphere MQ, which can leak side-channel information through differences in how valid and invalid PKCS#1 padding are handled. This network-exploitable vulnerability has low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:7.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:7.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:7.0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:7.0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_mq:7.0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/138212
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103698