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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
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IBM Business Automation Workflow containers and traditional is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resource.
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IBM Business Automation Workflow, in both its container and traditional (on-premises) distributions, fails to restrict XML external entity resolution when parsing XML data, allowing an authenticated remote user to read server-side files or exhaust process memory. The flaw carries a CVSS base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N, C:H/I:N/A:L), meaning a low-privileged but valid account is required — it is not exploitable unauthenticated. …
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EUVD-2026-78865
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