What is CVE-2016-9706?

CVE-2016-9706 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Integration_bus, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2017-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-9706?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

XXE in Ibm Integration_bus

CVE-2016-9706

IBM Integration Bus 9.0 and 10.0 and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerabil…

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.004 (60.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Integration_bus — versions 9.0, 10.0
Ibm Websphere_message_broker — versions 8.0
Ibm Corporation Integration Bus — versions 10, 9.0.0.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9706?: CVE-2016-9706 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Integration_bus, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2017-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-9706?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.