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CVE-2018-1683
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to encrypt…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to encrypt ORB communication. IBM X-Force ID: 145455.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:H/AV:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
IBM · WebSphere Application Server
- affected unspecified
References
3
- ibm-websphere-cve20181683-info-disc(145455) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1041720 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-12262 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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