CVE-2018-1420

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2018-1420 · Published 01/10/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1420 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting websphere portal (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
websphere portal ibm	`= 7.0.0.0= 7.0.0.1= 7.0.0.2= 8.0.0.0= 8.0.0.1= 8.5.0.0= 9.0.0.0`	No fix yet

Description

IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 resets access control settings to the out of the box configuration during Combined Cumulative Fix (CF) installation. This can lead to security miss-configuration of the installation. IBM X-Force ID: 138950.

References

securitytracker.com/id/1041767 · Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138950 · VDB Entry
ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

websphere portal

ibm

= 7.0.0.0= 7.0.0.1= 7.0.0.2= 8.0.0.0= 8.0.0.1= 8.5.0.0= 9.0.0.0

No fix yet

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