CVE-2018-1996

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 5.3
EPSS: EPSS 1.14 % · percentile 67 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2019-02-19
Updated: 2024-09-17
Assigner: ibm
NVD status: Modified

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 could provide weaker than expected security, caused by the improper TLS configuration. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 154650.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O	ibm
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	LOW 3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-327

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-12575
GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-1996

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2019-AVI-165 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.0.0.0 ≤ 7.0.0.45
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.0.0.0 ≤ 8.0.0.15
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.5.0.0 ≤ 8.5.5.14
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 9.0.0.0 ≤ 9.0.0.10

Affected products

Product	Versions
IBM · WebSphere Application Server	affected 7.0 ; affected 8.0 ; affected 8.5 ; affected 9.0

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD