How severe is CVE-2018-1509?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.4 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-1509?

This is classified as CWE-295, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2018-1509 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 7.4

Vulnerability Description

IBM Security Guardium EcoSystem 10.5 does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.This weakness might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host. IBM X-Force ID: 141417.

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