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CVE-2018-1890
IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 8 on the AIX platform uses absolute RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege…
- 5.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 8 on the AIX platform uses absolute RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users. IBM X-Force ID: 152081.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 15 months later
· 15 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 | Medium5.6 | CVSS:3.0/A:L/AC:H/AV:L/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 59% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.6.
Affected products
IBM · WebSphere Application Server Patterns
- affected 1.0.0.0
- affected 1.0.0.7
- affected 2.2.0.0
- affected 2.2.5.3
IBM · WebSphere Application Server
- affected 7.0
- affected 8.0
- affected 8.5
- affected 9.0
- affected Liberty
IBM · Runtimes for Java Technology
All versions: affected
References
5
- ibm-sdk-cve20181890-code-exec(152081) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10873042 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10873332 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10874750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 107448 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2018-12469 (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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