7.5

CVE-2026-14979: ibm engineering_lifecycle_management XML Entity Expansion

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 17-07-2026Last modified 28-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-14979 is a high (CVSS 7.5) XML Entity Expansion vulnerability in ibm engineering_lifecycle_management. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.55%
0%100%
Low · +0.16 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management 7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 021, 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 009, and 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 DOORS could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of XML entity expansion.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.16 pp

From 0.39% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product
  • engineering_lifecycle_management≥ 7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001, ≤ ) Interim Fix 021 | ≥ 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001, ≤ ) Interim Fix 009 | 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 | 7.0.3 | 7.0.3:ifix001 | 7.0.3:ifix002 | 7.0.3:ifix003 | 7.0.3:ifix004 | 7.0.3:ifix005 | 7.0.3:ifix006 | 7.0.3:ifix007 | 7.0.3:ifix008 | 7.0.3:ifix009 | 7.0.3:ifix010 | 7.0.3:ifix011 | 7.0.3:ifix012 | 7.0.3:ifix013 | 7.0.3:ifix014 | 7.0.3:ifix015 | 7.0.3:ifix016 | 7.0.3:ifix017 | 7.0.3:ifix018 | 7.0.3:ifix018_security_fix | 7.0.3:ifix019 | 7.0.3:ifix020 | 7.0.3:ifix021 | 7.1.0 | 7.1.0:ifix001 | 7.1.0:ifix0010 | 7.1.0:ifix002 | 7.1.0:ifix003 | 7.1.0:ifix004 | 7.1.0:ifix004_security_fix | 7.1.0:ifix005 | 7.1.0:ifix006 | 7.1.0:ifix007 | 7.1.0:ifix008 | 7.1.0:ifix009 | 7.2.0 | 7.2.0:ifix001

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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