CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-1778

8.1 HIGH Published 2018-12-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-12-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.7 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

IBM LoopBack (IBM API Connect 2018.1, 2018.4.1, 5.0.8.0, and 5.0.8.4) could allow an attacker to bypass authentication if the AccessToken Model is exposed over a REST API, it is then possible for anyone to create an AccessToken for any User provided they know the userId and can hence get access to the other user’s data / access to their privileges (if the user happens to be an Admin for example). IBM X-Force ID: 148801.

Affected configurations

• ibm api connect (>= 5.0.8.0 <= 5.0.8.4) • ibm api connect (>= 2018.1.0 <= 2018.4.1.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References