What is CVE-2020-26513?

CVE-2020-26513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intland Codebeamer, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-12-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-26513?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

XXE in Intland Codebeamer

CVE-2020-26513

An issue was discovered in Intland codeBeamer ALM 10.x through 10.1.SP4. The ReqIF XML data, used by the codebeamer ALM application to import projects, is parsed by insecurely configured software components, which can be abused for XML External Entity Attacks.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2020-12-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Intland Codebeamer — versions 10.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

intland.com/codebeamer/application-lifecycle-management/ (Product, Vendor Advisory)
compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2020-09_CSNC-2020-008_Intlan… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26513?: CVE-2020-26513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intland Codebeamer, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-26513?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.