CVE-2026-14979

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 v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279963

Configurations

No configuration.

History

17 Jul 2026, 20:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-17 20:17

Updated : 2026-07-20 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2026-14979

Mitre link : CVE-2026-14979

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-14979

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-776

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

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