CVE-2018-1656

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-08-20 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 18:09Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-13

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6fc48318f465ab5097d9c867a20776a91a96079368209a95372d4c9acc6d3bf5

• www.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10719653x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-java-cve20181656-file-overwrite(144882)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144882vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2713https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com105118http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105118vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2575https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2576https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2568https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2569https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2712https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securitytracker.com1041765http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlx_refsource_MISC