What is CVE-2017-1226?

CVE-2017-1226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-1226?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Bigfix Platform

CVE-2017-1226

IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5) generates an error message in error logs that includes sensitive information about its environment which could be used in further attacks against the system. IBM X-Force ID: 123905.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Platform — versions 9.2, 9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123905 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101571 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1226?: CVE-2017-1226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-1226?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.