High severity7.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1618

Description

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 2.2.1 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 144343.

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Affected products

IBM/Security Privileged Identity Manager2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.1.1
IBM/Security Identity Manager Virtual Appliancellm-fuzzy
Range: = 2.2.1

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References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144343nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory

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