What is CVE-2018-1475?

CVE-2018-1475 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-1475?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform

CVE-2018-1475

IBM BigFix Platform 9.2 and 9.5 uses an inadequate account lockout setting that could allow a remote attacker to brute force account credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 140756.

Published 2018-04-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Platform — versions 9.5, 9.2
IBM Bigfix Platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140756 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1475?: CVE-2018-1475 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-1475?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.