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

Published 2019-01-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144894 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (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.