CVE-2016-2908: IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Single Sign On for Bluemix could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the system or cause a denial of service.

Affected products

• IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware: version 9.0.0 only; version 9.0.0.1 only; version 9.0.1.0 only
• IBM Security Access Manager For Mobile 8.0 Firmware: version 8.0.0.1 only; version 8.0.0.2 only; version 8.0.0.3 only; version 8.0.0.5 only; version 8.0.1.0 only; version 8.0.1.2 only; …
• IBM Security Access Manager For Web 8.0 Firmware: version 8.0.0.1 only; version 8.0.0.2 only; version 8.0.0.3 only; version 8.0.0.5 only; version 8.0.1.0 only; version 8.0.1.2 only; …

Published 2017-02-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.