High severity · published Jul 17, 2026
CVE-2026-14979
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion attack
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Engineering Lifecycle Management · IBM
7.0.3 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 021; 7.1.0 ( Interim Fix 001 through ) Interim Fix 009; 7.2.0 and 7.2.0 Interim Fix 001 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14979
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14979
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7279963
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