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CVE-2018-1509

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1509 describes a critical certificate validation vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem 10.5, allowing attackers to spoof trusted entities via man-in-the-middle attacks. With a CVSS score of 7.4 (High), this vulnerability could lead to significant compromise of confidentiality and integrity, as the software might connect to malicious hosts or accept spoofed data. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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/141417
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1041759
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry