CVE•Published 2017-02-01•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2016-6059Ibm · Infosphere_datastage

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

Timeline

Published 2017-02-01

Modified 2026-05-13

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2016-6059

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Ibm Infosphere Datastage" version:"11.3"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Infosphere Datastage"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Infosphere Datastage" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2016-6059