What is CVE-2026-18529?

CVE-2026-18529 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service For Esri Component, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2026-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-18529?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

RCE in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service For Esri Component

CVE-2026-18529

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component 9.2, 9.1, and 9.0 is vulnerable to command injection due to improper sanitisation of a user-controlled value passed to a shell command in a Kubernetes operator task.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2026-10-12.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service For Esri Component — versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290070 (vendor-advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-18529?: CVE-2026-18529 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service For Esri Component, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2026-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-18529?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.