CVE-2012-5756
The IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance 2.0.0.0 through 2.0.0.3 and 2.1.0.0 through 2.1.0.2, when a collective configuration is enabled, has a single secret key that is shared across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to spoof a container server by (1) sniffing the network to locate a cleartext transmission of this key or (2) leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5639)
- Published
- November 23, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5639 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / websphere datapower xc10 appliance
- ibm / websphere datapower xc10 appliance
- ibm / websphere datapower xc10 appliance
- ibm / websphere datapower xc10 appliance
- ibm / websphere datapower xc10 appliance
- ibm / websphere datapower xc10 appliance
- ibm / websphere datapower xc10 appliance
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51319
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM68926(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615783(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033740
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56617
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027798
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79921
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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