CVE-2018-1669: IBM Datapower Gateway

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM DataPower Gateway 7.1.0.0 - 7.1.0.23, 7.2.0.0 - 7.2.0.21, 7.5.0.0 - 7.5.0.16, 7.5.1.0 - 7.5.1.15, 7.5.2.0 - 7.5.2.15, and 7.6.0.0 - 7.6.0.8 as well as IBM DataPower Gateway CD 7.7.0.0 - 7.7.1.2 are vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 144950.

Affected products

• IBM Datapower Gateway: from 7.1.0.0, up to and including 7.1.0.23; from 7.2.0.0, up to and including 7.2.0.21; from 7.5.0.0, up to and including 7.5.0.16; from 7.5.1.0, up to and including 7.5.1.15; from 7.5.2.0, up to and including 7.5.2.15; from 7.6.0.0, up to and including 7.6.0.8; …

Published 2018-09-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.