CVE-2026-14979

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
28.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 17, 2026

Last Modified

July 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management - Jazz Foundation is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion attack

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14979(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-23 00:12 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-23 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-17 22:02 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-17 22:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-17 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-17 20:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-14979?
CVE-2026-14979 is a medium vulnerability published on July 17, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-14979 disclosed?
CVE-2026-14979 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 17, 2026, with the most recent update on July 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-14979 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-14979 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 28.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-14979?
CVE-2026-14979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-14979?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-14979, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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