Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-13449

High

Published: 30 June 2026

Published
30 June 2026
Modified
02 July 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0041 32.6th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-13449 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Ibm Business Automation Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A02:2025 Security Misconfiguration

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions 9.0.0 through 9.4.2 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

XXE in a remotely accessible application directly enables exploitation of a public-facing service for information disclosure or resource exhaustion.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-44618Shared CWE-611
CVE-2024-56322Shared CWE-611
CVE-2024-2374Shared CWE-611
CVE-2026-40998Shared CWE-611
CVE-2025-65482Shared CWE-611
CVE-2024-49352Shared CWE-611
CVE-2026-41895Shared CWE-611
CVE-2026-12975Shared CWE-611
CVE-2026-3603Shared CWE-611
CVE-2026-2253Shared CWE-611

Affected Assets

ibm
business automation manager
9.0.0 — 9.5.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

References