CVE-2018-1997
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager 18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, and 18.0.0.2 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An authenticated attacker might send a specially crafted request that exhausts server-side memory. IBM X-Force ID: 154774.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (10)
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- ibm business automation workflow= 18.0.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 18.0.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm business automation workflow= 18.0.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:business_automation_workflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10794831cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154774cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1997cnnvd
- https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10794831cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/78510cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10794831cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154774enisa_euvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10794831enisa_euvd
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