FKIE_CVE-2026-14979

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-17 20:17 - Updated: 2026-07-20 17:15
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 021, 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 009, and 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 DOORS could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of XML entity expansion.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279963
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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            "cpe:2.3:a:ibm:engineering_lifecycle_management:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-20T17:15:53.673",
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