What is CVE-2018-1668?

CVE-2018-1668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Datapower Gateway, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-1668?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in IBM Datapower Gateway

CVE-2018-1668

IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.0.0 through 7.5.0.19, 7.5.1.0 through 7.5.1.18, 7.5.2.0 through 7.5.2.18, and 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.11 appliances allows "null" logins which could give read access to IPMI data to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 144894.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.014 (69.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Datapower Gateway — versions 7.5.0.19, 7.6.0.0, 7.5.1.18
Ibm Datapower_gateway

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1668?: CVE-2018-1668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Datapower Gateway, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-1668?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.