CVE-2021-38948

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 211402.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-91

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 2, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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