CVE-2018-1524: IBM Maximo Asset Management

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6 through 7.6.3 installs with a default administrator account that a remote intruder could use to gain administrator access to the system. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-4966. IBM X-Force ID: 142116.

Affected products

• IBM Maximo Asset Management: from 7.6.0.0, up to and including 7.6.3.0
• IBM Maximo For Aviation: version 7.6.0.0 only; version 7.6.1.0 only; version 7.6.2.0 only; version 7.6.2.1 only; version 7.6.3.0 only
• IBM Maximo For Life Sciences: version 7.6.0.0 only
• IBM Maximo For Nuclear Power: version 7.6.0.0 only
• IBM Maximo For Oil And Gas: version 7.5.0.0 only; version 7.6.0.0 only
• IBM Maximo For Transportation: version 7.6.1.0 only; version 7.6.2.0 only; version 7.6.2.1 only; version 7.6.2.2 only; version 7.6.2.3 only; version 7.6.2.4 only
• IBM Maximo For Utilities: version 7.6.0.0 only
• IBM Smartcloud Control Desk: version 7.6.0.0 only; version 7.6.0.1 only

Published 2018-08-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.