CVE-2008-0862: IBM Lotus Notes

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Lotus Notes 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0 signs an unsigned applet when a user forwards an email message to another user, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass Execution Control List (ECL) protection.

Affected products

• IBM Lotus Notes: version 6.0 only; version 6.5 only; version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only

Published 2008-02-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.